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VIEWS
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 from "Portland
Head
Light & Fort Williams" Illustrated Book
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| The army
quickly
began construction of modern defenses, such as
Battery Steele on Peaks
Island.
.Its
l6-inch guns could fire a 2,000-pound
projectile
26 miles, ranging from
Kennebunk
in the south
to Popham Beach on the north. (from
WWII History). |
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