Battery Steele

Battery Steele is a United States military fortification on Peaks Island, Portland, Maine, in Casco Bay. Completed in 1942 as part of World War II, it is located on 14 acres (5.7 ha) on the oceanside area of the island, formerly part of the Peaks Island Military Reservation. It is named for Harry L. Steele, who was a Coast Artillery officer during World War I. It was armed with two 16-inch MkIIMI guns and, with a 12-inch gun battery at Fort Levett on Cushing Island, replaced all previous heavy guns in the Harbor Defenses of Portland. It was built to protect Casco Bay, particularly Portland harbor, from Kennebunk to Popham Beach in Phippsburg. According to Kim MacIsaac and historian Joel Eastman in An Island at War, “Battery Steele is not only the largest gun battery built on Peaks Island, but also an example of the largest battery ever built anywhere in the United States.” In 1995, after decades of non-use, the Peaks Island Land Preserve, a community land preservation group, formed to purchase the area and forever preserve it as a public space. On October 20, 2005, the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other coast defense structures on the island include fire control towers and the counterweight for a disappearing searchlight tower.

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1942 Wikidata
artillery battery, United States, United States,

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Location: 43.6589, -70.1806, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Battle of Fort Loyal ⓘ
1690 battle of King William's War
Battle of Falmouth ⓘ
battle
Battle of Portland Harbor ⓘ
1863 battle of the American Civil War
Battery Steele ⓘ
United States military fortification
Fort McKinley ⓘ
fort in Maine
Fort Scammel ⓘ
populated place in Cumberland County, Maine, United States
Harbor Defenses of Portland ⓘ
military unit
Fort Loyal ⓘ
British outpost in Casco Bay
Fort Sumner ⓘ
historic fort in Portland, Maine, USA
Fort Preble ⓘ
former military facility in South Portland, Maine
Fort Gorges ⓘ
fort in Maine
Fort Levett ⓘ
fort in Maine
Fort Williams ⓘ
former U.S. Army fort, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States

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1942 Battery Steele

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1690 Battle of Fort Loyal

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1703 Battle of Falmouth

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1863 Battle of Portland Harbor

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1678 Fort Loyal

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1794 Fort Sumner

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1808 Fort Preble

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1865 Fort Gorges

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1898 Fort Levett

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1898 Fort Williams

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1690	Battle of Fort Loyal	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1703	Battle of Falmouth	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Portland Harbor	battle	Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page^@		Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Eagle Boat 56	patrol vessel, Eagle-class patrol craft	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS S-21	S-class submarine, submarine	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1943	New England Shipbuilding Corporation	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1942	Battery Steele	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort McKinley	artillery fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Scammel	artillery fort, human settlement	Wikidata
site	fort		Harbor Defenses of Portland	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1678	Fort Loyal	fort, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
site	fort	1794	Fort Sumner	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1808	Fort Preble	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1865	Fort Gorges	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1898	Fort Levett	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1898	Fort Williams	fort	Wikidata

Battery Steele

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