This fort is in Kittery, Maine. It was designed to protect the coastline. When construction began on the fort it was already obsolete by military standards of the day. The turret style wooden gun house couldn't stand up to cannon balls. When the futility of the fort was finally recognized by the government, they stopped all funding. The quarry stonemasons not being paid, then walked off the job. this was about 1848. Consequently, there are tons of cut granite lying scattered all around the fort.
The fort is now the property of the state of Maine and it is a park. In the midst of all the private ocean front property, there is this beautiful park!
We were able to spend peaceful time watching the sailboats, blinking lighthouses and the ocean.
1 comment:
Wow!!! What a great picture.
I love that place. I hear it's excellent for flying kites too =)
Jon
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