Fort Popham

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Cannon Emplacements in Fort Popham in Phippsburg (2001)

Fort Popham stands on Hunnewell Point in Phippsburg at the mouth of the Kennebec River. This semi-circular structure was begun in 1862 but never completed. It was then that the Union realized how vulnerable the area was to potential British incursions in support of the Confederacy during the Civil War.  Concern was greatest for the…