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Board, recommended a comprehensive program of new fortifications in 1885. Forts McKinley and Lyon were among the results. Construction on Fort McKinley began in 1897 and was complete by 1906. Fort McKinley totaled 111 acres (45 ha) resulting from two land purchases in 1873 and 1901. The fort was
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was implemented, and by the end of 1943 all guns and mortars had been removed from both forts, except the two 6-inch (152 mm) guns at Battery Carpenter and three 3-inch (76 mm) guns at Battery Abbot. With little threat to the East Coast from surface ships by 1944, the coast defenses were
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began in 1908-1909 and was largely complete by the end of 1910. The expansion included two additional barracks, one of which was a double barracks, four more sets of duplex NCO quarters and a ten-man Bachelor Officers' Quarters (BOQ). At this point, the fort had the capacity for 17 officers, 18
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and their unique masking parapet mountings from service. The masking parapet mount was a simple form of disappearing mount; on 3-inch guns it could not be retracted in action and was locked in the up position after a few years in service.
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drawn down and the Coast Artillery regiments reduced to battalions or their personnel reassigned. Shortly after the war the Army withdrew from Forts McKinley and Lyon and the properties were sold or transferred.
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named Diamond Cove. Most of the batteries are heavily overgrown and on private property. Cow Island was redeveloped beginning in 2000 as a camp for environmental, adventure, and leadership development programs.
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divided by Diamond Cove into a North Fork and a South Fork. The entirety of Cow Island was acquired by the government in 1873; Fort Lyon was built on 22 acres (8.9 ha) of it and was complete by 1909.
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1895-1950. In 1946 Fort Lyon was closed and turned over to the City of Portland. After Fort McKinley's closure it was transferred to the
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Fort McKinley, Battery Weymouth Combined Observation Station, West side of East Side Drive, approximately 125 feet south of Weymouth Way
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Fort McKinley, South Fork Telephone Switchboard Building, South side of Weymouth Way, approximately 100 feet west of East Side Drive
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Fort McKinley, Battery Honeycutt Observation Station, East side of East Side Drive, approximately 225 feet south of Cove Side Drive
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Fort McKinley, Battery Carpenter Observation Station, West side of East Side Drive, approximately 275 feet south of Weymouth Way
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Fort McKinley, Battery Berry Observation Station, North side of Wood Side Drive approximately 80 feet east of Spring Cove Lane
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In 1920 Fort McKinley lost both of its 3-inch gun batteries due to obsolescence; this was part of a general removal of all
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were built on the South Fork and at Fort Lyon; the 3-inch guns at both forts were intended to defend the minefield against
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battery was also deployed there. At this time the major units garrisoning the Harbor Defenses of Portland were the
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units. Construction at Fort McKinley added six temporary enlisted barracks, one temporary officers' barracks, two
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Fort McKinley, Meteorological Station, East side of Weymouth Way, approximately 225 feet south of Cove Side Drive
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Fort McKinley, Double Mine Building, East side of East Side Drive, approximately 125 feet south of Weymouth Way
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Fort McKinley, South Fork Latrine, West side of East Side Drive, approximately 225 feet south of Weymouth Way
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A few buildings were built between 1905 and 1908, and a significant expansion to accommodate seven
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Fort McKinley, North Fork Mining Casemate, West side of Seal Cove Lane north of Wood Side Drive
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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documentation, filed under Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME:
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1929 film of mine planting operations in the Harbor Defenses of Portland, Maine
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in 1917, the forts were partially disarmed so the guns could be shipped to the
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In 1940-1941 both forts were expanded to deal with the influx of draftees; a
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine
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Fort McKinley was completed by 1906 with nine gun batteries as follows:
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Fort Lyon was completed by 1909 with two gun batteries as follows:
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12-inch (305 mm) mortars in a pit, similar to Battery Ingalls.
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This article is about the fort in Maine. For other locations, see
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were expanded in 1910 to accommodate the increased population.
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in 1925, a command which protected Portland's port and naval
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Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
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National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Maine
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Fort McKinley (disambiguation)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

disappearing gun
Fort McKinley (Maine) is located in Maine
Fort McKinley (Maine) is located in the United States
Great Diamond Island, Maine
43°40′45″N 70°11′50″W / 43.67917°N 70.19722°W / 43.67917; -70.19722
85000611
United States Army
coastal defense
Great Diamond Island, Maine
Casco Bay
President
William McKinley
Nathaniel Lyon
Harbor Defenses of Portland
anchorage
United States Navy
General Services Administration
National Register of Historic Places

Board of Fortifications
Endicott

Battery Chamberlin
Presidio of San Francisco

Ingalls

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