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General Area: Machiasport, ME Site Type/Program: FUDS Location: Five miles from Machias on Route 92 Brief History: Originally built in 1775 with Fort Foster (1). From 1808 - 1818, this was a four-gun crescent-shaped earthwork fort. In 1814 the British captured the fort and burned the barracks. It was returned in 1818. Fort Machias (1863 - 1865) was a Civil War five-gun earthworks fort built next to the ruins of Fort O'Brien. Now part of the Bureau of Parks and Lands. |
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