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were constructed in Casco Bay. Each battery was authorized four 90 mm guns, two on fixed mounts and two on towed mounts; the actual number of guns on hand for each battery may have varied. The guns were dual-purpose, able to fire against air or surface targets. The batteries were at Long Island
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were built in Casco Bay, but only one of these was armed. The armed battery was Battery Cravens (BCN 203), also on Peaks Island, now part of a private residence. The other two were BCN 201 in Two Lights State Park and BCN 202 on
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on long-range carriages. Another two-gun 16-inch battery, Battery Construction Number (BCN) 101, was planned for the Cape Elizabeth Military Reservation near
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Battery Steele was part of a comprehensive program begun in 1940 to replace obsolete coast defenses, many of which dated from the
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on Cow Island. Three new two-gun 3-inch batteries were constructed during World War II, on Peaks Island,
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Smaller batteries were also built during World War II. Three two-gun
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like Battery Steele to resist air attack and armed with two
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Harbor Defenses of Portland
Peaks Island, Maine
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Battery Steele is located in Maine
Battery Steele is located in the United States
Peaks Island
Portland, Maine
43°39′32″N 70°10′50″W / 43.65889°N 70.18056°W / 43.65889; -70.18056
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
82000745
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Harbor Defenses of Portland
United States military
fortification
Peaks Island
Portland, Maine
Casco Bay
World War II
Harry L. Steele
Coast Artillery
World War I
16-inch MkIIMI guns
Fort Levett
Cushing Island
Harbor Defenses of Portland
Kennebunk
Popham Beach
Phippsburg
Peaks Island Land Preserve

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