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    Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. Built from 1858 to 1864, no battles...
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  • Gorges, Loire-Atlantique, France Gorges, Manche, France Gorges, Somme, France Cognin-les-Gorges, Isère, France Three Gorges, a region in China Fort Gorges...
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    Colonization in North America," even though Gorges himself never set foot in the New World. Ferdinando Gorges was born between 1565 and 1568, probably in...
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    Casco Bay (section Forts)
    patent to Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason for coastal lands and interiors extending from the Merrimack River to the Kennebec. Gorges and Mason eventually...
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    Harbor Defenses of Portland (category Forts in Maine)
    of Fort Scammell and a modernization of Fort Preble began in 1862. By the end of the war Fort Gorges was largely complete, while the design of Fort Scammell...
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  • (disambiguation) Canon (disambiguation) The Gorge (disambiguation) Gorges (disambiguation) List of gorges Royal Gorge (disambiguation) ((A pencil case)) This...
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  • Tenaille-head Bastion-head Closed works are the redoubt, star fort and bastioned fort. Gorges of 'half-closed works' were usually closed either by a parapet...
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    Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island near Charleston, South Carolina, to defend the region from a naval invasion. It was built after...
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  • Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
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  • for its views of Spring Point Ledge Light as well as island forts including Fort Gorges. WillardFest is an annual one day neighborhood festival which...
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  • correspondent reported the decision to beach Edward J. Lawrence on a reef off Fort Gorges in Portland Harbor, and described the fire as "the most spectacular for...
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  • Foster Fort George Fort Gorges Fort Halifax Fort Kent Fort Knox Fort Levett Fort Lyon Fort McClary Fort McKinley Fort O'Brien Fort Pentagouet Peaks Island...
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    narration is provided. The route takes the boat beside landmarks such as Fort Gorges and Luckse Sound, where ships were torpedoed during World War II. The...
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    Fort Preble was a military fort in South Portland, Maine, United States, built in 1808 and progressively added to through 1906. The fort was active during...
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    included Levett, Fort Williams on Portland Head, and Fort McKinley on Great Diamond Island as well as Fort Preble. Fort Scammel and Fort Gorges, once strongly...
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    Maine: Fort Knox; Kennebec River, Maine: Fort Popham; Portland Harbor, Maine: Fort Gorges, Fort Scammell, Fort Preble; Kittery Point, Maine: Fort McClary;...
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    of Fort Sumter The Battle of Fort Sumter (also the Attack on Fort Sumter or the Fall of Fort Sumter) (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter...
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  • Ethiopia- Blue Nile Gorge Madagascar- Isalo Canyon Mali—Talari Gorges Morocco- Todgha Gorge Namibia—Fish River Canyon Republic of Congo- Gorges of Diosso Tanzania—Olduvai...
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    lighthouses, Mason Station power plant, and the stone battlement of Fort Gorges. While densely settled, it is largely residential and, due to the shape...
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    William Gorges (January 1605 – February 1658) was a soldier and the first colonial governor of the Province of Maine. Gorges was born in January 1605,...
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    both gorges. The natural water power in these two gorges attracted entrepreneurs and millwrights throughout the 19th century. The Old Stone Fort is located...
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    Mansion on the Western Promenade Timeline of Portland, Maine, history Fort Gorges Fort Scammel Maine Historical Society & Museum McLellan-Sweat Mansion Munjoy...
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    The Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, also known simply as Fort Taylor, is a Florida State Park and National Historic Landmark centered on a Civil...
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    Ferdinando Gorges and his Province of Maine Preston, Richard. Gorges of Plymouth Fort: a life of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Captain of Plymouth Fort, Governor...
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    side of Popolopen Gorge, with Fort Montgomery to the north. The forts defended a huge wrought iron chain that spanned the Hudson from Fort Montgomery to Anthony's...
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    The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon...
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    Game Land. Gorges State Park provides the principal access to the Horsepasture River on these adjoining public lands. The land of Gorges State Park is...
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  • of cannon, usually on the roof of the fort or behind low earthworks. Along with new forts, a few masonry forts of the colonial period were rebuilt under...
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    of the gorge is Leigh Woods, the name of both a village and the National Trust forest it is situated in. There are three Iron Age hill forts overlooking...
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    2009-11-12 John Wingate Thornton, Colonial Schemes of Popham and Gorges : Speech at the Fort Popham Celebration, August 29, 1862, 1863 Popham, Maine's 'lost'...
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