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Fort Scammel and Fort Gorges

House Island
Portland, ME 04108
United States

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Named after Alexander Scammel, Adjutant-General of the Continental Army who died in the Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War, this fort was built in 1808 as part of a Federal strategy to protect coastal infrastructure leading up to the War of 1812. During the Civil War, the East and West Bastions were constructed to house protected cannons. 

A historic coastal fort sits on a small island across calm water, viewed from a shoreline with a wooden pier and small boats. Dark clouds fill the sky above the stone buildings, while figures gather along the dock in this 19th‑century painting.

Fort Scammel and Fort Gorges, Maine. Seth Eastman, oil on canvas, 1872.

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