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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11FK_terreplein_Prospect-ME.html
Fort Knox's roof, or terreplein, has emplacements for thirty cannons. These cannons would have been smaller than the guns planned for the casemates on the main level below.
The 30 gun circles on the terreplein were all laid and ready for guns i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11FJ_firing-a-cannon_Prospect-ME.html
Eight soldiers were needed to fire a 10-inch Rodman, including a chief of detachment (who gave the commands), a gunner, and six cannoneers.
The steps in firing the cannon are shown here. The gunner is indicated by "G" and the other six cannonne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11E8_the-casemate-key-to-fort-design_Prospect-ME.html
If you were to visit the nation's masonry forts built during the Fort Knox era, you would see many features common to most of them. One such feature is the casemate, a large enclosed space with a high, arched ceiling and places for cannons to fire…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11D7_digging-down-and-building-up_Prospect-ME.html
People, machines, and animals all played a part in the slow process of raising the walls that shaped Fort Knox. But before these walls could be built, people, machines, and animals also worked to prepare the site by earth, blasting ledge, and remo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11D5_the-heart-of-the-fort_Prospect-ME.html
Fort Knox's thick granite walls were designed to deflect cannon fire from ships passing through the Narrows of the Penobscot River. These walls also enclosed a pentagon-shaped center that contained the heart and soul of the fort.
All of the for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CG_where-did-the-soldiers-sleep_Prospect-ME.html
Fort Knox never had soldiers living within its walls, except for a few weeks during the Spanish American War (1898) when some Connecticut Volunteers probably camped on the parade ground or in adjacent rooms. During the Civil War, when the largest …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11B7_fort-knox_Prospect-ME.html
has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric Landmarkunder the provisions of theHistoric Sites Act of August 21, 1935This site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating or illustratingthe history of the United States
U.S. Department of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11AS_the-architecture-of-defense_Prospect-ME.html
The nation's Third System forts, including Fort Knox, all shared similar design features. These features combined to guard against attack by ships, make it impossible for the fort to be taken quickly, [and] provide protection from a land-based, lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11AR_a-question-of-boundaries_Prospect-ME.html
The United States planned Fort Knox to prevent another attempt by the English to control Maine lands east of the Penobscot, as they had successfully done in the American Revolution and War of 1812.
Fort Knox's construction had not yet begun whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11AQ_a-grand-plan_Prospect-ME.html
The idea of a fort on the Penobscot was not new when the U.S. government purchased land for Fort Knox in 1844. The Board of Engineers, established and charged by the Secretary of War to make a plan for the defense of the United States, had listed …