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Fort Gorges

United States · 19th century

Founded
1865
Heritage status
National Register of Historic Places listed place
Location
Portland
Coordinates
43.66306°, -70.22139°
Links
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Fort Gorges in the United States
Photo: Dirk Ingo Franke · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. Built from 1858 to 1865, no battles were fought there and no troops were stationed there. Advancing military technology, including iron clad ships and long range guns, rendered the fort obsolete before it could be used. The fort is now a park, accessible only by boat. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Text adapted from “Fort Gorges” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Fort Gorges ranks #4,522 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #86 of the 120 mapped in United States. Founded 1865, it is older than 6% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 782 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,255 times in the last 60 days, more than 82% of the atlas. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.

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