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Fort Popham is a Civil War-era coastal defense fortification at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine.It is located in sight of the short-lived Popham Colony and, like the colony, named for George Popham, the colony's leader.
During the American Civil War, the Union army built Fort Popham in the area, directly on the Kennebec River at the mouth of Atkins Bay (about 500 meters east of the Popham Colony site). In 1905 the U.S. Army built Fort Baldwin on Sabino Head just west of the site, but parts of the site were used for transport and storage.
Fort Popham was built during the Civil War to guard the mouth of the Kennebec, on the site of a much smaller battery built in 1808. It became the control center for an underwater minefield in the 1890s. The more modern Fort Baldwin was built between 1905 and 1912 and was garrisoned in both World Wars.
More than 200 shipbuilders, sailors and residents gathered to watch as the futuristic 600-foot, 15,000-ton USS Zumwalt glided past Fort Popham.
Fort Baldwin was disarmed in 1924, although the minefield capability at Fort Popham may have been retained through World War II. Fort Baldwin was rearmed with a battery of four towed 155 mm guns on "Panama mounts" in World War II, operated by Battery D of the 8th Coast Artillery. [10]
Location of Sagadahoc County in Maine. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sagadahoc County, Maine.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States.
Popham Beach is a sandy beach in Maine that extends southwest about three miles from Fort Popham, at the mouth of the Kennebec River, toward the mouth of the Morse River. [1] It is near the site of the short-lived Popham Colony , founded in 1607 and abandoned the following year.
5th District Court of Appeals: Dixie Park vs. Kevin Popham Fifty-nine-year-old Park and her husband, Dr. John Park, have three adult children. She's in her 24th year as Stark County probate judge.