The Fort on Cushing Island: An Account of the Revitalization of Fort Christopher Levett

by Peter Murray

Fort Christopher Levett was a U.S. Army Coast Artillery installation built on Cushing Island in Casco Bay, Maine between 1900 and 1904. In its heyday it boasted heavy ordinance that protected Portland Harbor. The guns of Fort Levett never fired a shot in anger. By 1948 its military technology was obsolete, its guns were removed, and the fort was decommissioned and left to moulder amid the overgrowth that soon engulfed its brick buildings and concrete...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1098326504
• ISBN13: 9781098326500
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"