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[4] it is located in the 420-foot (128 m) west tower, allowing visitors to view the bridge, the nearby Fort Knox State Historic Site, the Penobscot River, and Penobscot Bay. [4] The Penobscot Narrows Observatory opened to the general public on May 19, 2007. It is open at the same times of the year as Fort Knox (May 1 to October 31). [4]
Fort Knox (Maine) Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, [1] is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the mouth of the river. Built between 1844 and 1869, it was the first fort in Maine built entirely of granite; most previous forts used wood ...
The Waldo–Hancock Bridge was the first long-span suspension bridge erected in Maine, as well as the first permanent bridge across the Penobscot River downstream from Bangor. The name comes from connecting Waldo and Hancock counties. The bridge was built in 1931 and retired in 2006, when the new Penobscot Narrows Bridge was opened just a few ...
Bucksport, Maine. Bucksport is a historical town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census. [2] Bucksport is across the Penobscot River estuary from Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which replaced the Waldo–Hancock Bridge.
Prospect is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 698 at the 2020 census. [2] The most prominent landmark in Prospect is Fort Knox, a large 19th-century fort. It is now a major tourist attraction, as is the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory.
The Penobscot River was an early trade corridor to interior Maine from the Atlantic coast. Ocean ships could navigate upstream to Bangor.The cities of Rockland, Belfast, Brewer and Bangor, and the towns of Rockport, Camden, Northport, Searsport, Stockton Springs, Castine, Bucksport, Frankfort, Winterport, Orrington, and Hampden developed adjacent to the Penobscot River estuary.
1911. Opened. 1902. Closed. 1997. Location. The Penobscot River Bridge was a truss bridge between Bangor and Brewer, Maine. It was constructed by the American Bridge Company in 1902, with further construction in 1911 by the Boston Bridge Works. According to the Historic American Engineering Record, it was the last remaining Baltimore (Petit ...
Stone arch bridge Babb's Bridge: 1976 replica of 1864 bridge September 7, 1972: Windham: Cumberland: 1864 bridge destroyed by arson in 1973. Bailey Island Cobwork Bridge: 1928: April 28, 1975: Harpswell