Primary source · document
The Harbor Defenses of Portland (history with reproduced plans)
[HC]High Confidence
Source for Battery Foote's armament, construction dates and WWII casemating, and for the list of Fort Levett batteries. Its opening section also records Levett's fortified house as *believed* to have stood on Fort Island, later Cushing — a belief, not a fixed location.
Provenance
- Date
- Not recorded
- Creator
- Coast Defense Study Group
- Held by
- Coast Defense Study Group
- Identifier
- Not recorded
- Rights
- Not recorded
Follow this evidence
- 01Stand at Fort Levett — Battery FootePlace · Fort Levett — Battery Foote — Military · 1898–1945
- 02Who was Captain Christopher Levett?Person · Captain Christopher Levett — First recorded English owner; would-be founder of 'York'
- 03Read the whole layer: Fortress CushingLayer · Fortress Cushing — Layer 04 · 1898 → 1947
- 04What happened in 1623?Event · Christopher Levett winters in Casco Bay — 1623
- 05Stand at Fort Levett Parade & Fire-Control ComplexPlace · Fort Levett Parade & Fire-Control Complex — Military · 1898–1947
- 06Read the whole layer: Levett's IslandLayer · Levett's Island — Layer 02 · 1529 → c. 1700