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PARADE GROUND, NORTH FACADE, ELEVATION - Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
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PARADE GROUND, NORTH FACADE, ELEVATION - Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
Description
U.S.Army Corps of Engineers; Casey; Smart, Reuben Staples; Kingsbury, Martha; Reeves, F Blair; Dana, Sally; Goiran, Philip
Depicted place Maine; Cumberland County; Portland
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS ME,3-PORT,20-4
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: It is a very prominent and intriguing part of the Casco Bay view from Portland's Fort Allen Park and Eastern Promenade, and so viewed by thousands every year. Architecturally it is an unchanged example of mid 19th century coastal fortifications.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-75
  • Survey number: HABS ME-134
  • Building/structure dates: 1858-1876 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/me0017.photos.087847p
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