Fort Baldwin

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Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 69°47′06″W / 43.75000°N 69.78500°W / 43.75000; -69.78500
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Fort Baldwin Historic Site
U.S. National Historic Site
Fort Baldwin is located in Maine
Fort Baldwin
Fort Baldwin
Location in Maine
LocationSabino Hill, Phippsburg, Maine
Coordinates43°45′00″N 69°47′06″W / 43.75000°N 69.78500°W / 43.75000; -69.78500
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1905 (1905)
ArchitectUnited States Army Corps of Engineers
NRHP reference No.79000166
Fort Baldwin
Part of
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
In use1912–1924, 1941–1945
MaterialsReinforced concrete, earth
Garrison information
Garrison
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1979

Fort Baldwin is a former coastal defense fortification near the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine, United States, preserved as the Fort Baldwin State Historic Site.[1] It was named after Jeduthan Baldwin, an engineer for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[2]

History

The fort was constructed between 1905 and 1912 and originally consisted of three batteries.[3][4]

Artillery batteries

Additionally, facilities for a

Coast Defenses of Portland.[2][6][7] All three 6-inch guns were withdrawn in 1917 as part of a program to put these weapons on field carriages and use them on the Western Front. Battery Hawley's guns were not sent overseas and were remounted in 1919. Battery Hardman's gun was sent to France; apparently it was eventually returned to the US but not to Fort Baldwin. A history of the Coast Artillery in World War I states that none of the regiments in France equipped with 6-inch guns completed training in time to see action before the Armistice.[8]

In 1924, Fort Baldwin was disarmed as part of a general drawdown of less-threatened coast defenses and sold to the State of Maine. Early in

Fire Control Tower (Built 1943) that could radio the precise position of enemy vessels to batteries in Casco Bay, notably Battery Steele with its 16-inch guns. A battery of four 155 mm guns, most likely from Fort Williams, was deployed to Fort Baldwin from early 1942 to 17 January 1944. After the war, the Army returned the property to the State of Maine in 1949.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fort Baldwin State Historic Site". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Frank A. Beard; Robert L. Bradley (May 9, 1979). "Fort Baldwin Historic Site". National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Fort Baldwin". FortWiki.
  4. ISBN 0-9748167-0-1
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  5. ^ "Coast Defenses of the Kennebec River: Fort Popham". American Forts Network.
  6. ^ Berhow, pp. 418-420
  7. ISBN 0-9720296-4-8
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  8. ^ "History of the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps during World War I". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  9. ^ Berhow, p. 202

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