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Fort Trumbull

United States · 18th century

Founded
1777
Heritage status
National Register of Historic Places listed place
Location
Connecticut
Coordinates
41.3437°, -72.0934°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Fort Trumbull in the United States
Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Fort Trumbull is a massive granite fort near the mouth of the Thames River in New London, Connecticut, managed as Fort Trumbull State Park by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The original fort was built in 1777 and named for Governor Jonathan Trumbull. The present fortification was built between 1839 and 1852. It lies adjacent to the Coast Guard Station New London.

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

In the rankings

Fort Trumbull ranks #6,663 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #110 of the 120 mapped in United States. Founded 1777, it is older than 14% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,081 times in the last 60 days, more than 57% of the atlas. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.

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