Fort Scammel

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coastal defense fortification

Fort Scammel is a historic coastal defense fortification located on House Island in Portland Harbor, Maine, built in the early 19th century to protect the harbor and its shipping channels.

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Label	Occurrences
Fort Scammel canonical	5

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal defense fortification ⓘ
access	only by boat ⓘ
bodyOfWater	Casco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor	coastal defense ⓘ protection of Portland Harbor shipping channels ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Portland, Maine ⓘ Coastal fortifications in the United States ⓘ Forts in Maine ⓘ
constructionBegan	early 19th century ⓘ
controlledBy	United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinateSystem	geographic coordinates ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	19th-century American coastal fortification ⓘ
garrisonedBy	United States Army troops NERFINISHED ⓘ
harborProtected	Portland Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions ⓘ casemates ⓘ gun emplacements ⓘ parade ground ⓘ
hasFunction	artillery battery ⓘ harbor defense ⓘ
heritageDesignation	local historic significance ⓘ
locatedIn	Cumberland County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ House Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Portland Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOn	House Island, Casco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ island ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Alexander Scammell NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	city of Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Third System of US seacoast fortifications NERFINISHED ⓘ defenses of Casco Bay ⓘ
status	historic site ⓘ
surroundedBy	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDuring	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Gorges → nearbyPlace → Fort Scammel ⓘ

House Island → hasStructure → Fort Scammel ⓘ

House Island → knownFor → Fort Scammel ⓘ

House Island → hasHistoricSite → Fort Scammel ⓘ

Portland harbor → hasStructure → Fort Scammel ⓘ

subject surface form: Portland Harbor