Fort Williams (1)

Fort Williams (1) (1899-1963) - An Endicott Period Coastal Fort first established in 1899 on the site of a previous fortification known as the Battery at Portland Head. Located on Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine. Named Fort Williams in G.O. 71, 13 Apr 1899, after Bvt. Major General Seth Williams, Assistant Adjutant General of the Union Army of the Potomac during the U.S. Civil War. Abandoned in 1963.

Fort Williams 1902 Commanding officer Quarters	Fort Williams 1911 Guard House, 40 Prisoner Capacity
Fort Williams 1902 Barracks 114 Men

Endicott Period

Part of the Harbor Defense of Portland, Maine.

**Fort Williams (1) Endicott Period Battery** (edit list)
Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost	Notes
Battery Blair	2	12"	Disappearing	1901-1903-1903-1943	$ 126,845
Battery Sullivan	3	10"	Disappearing	1894-1898-1898-1932	$ 107,063	Guns Removed 1918 Guns Replaced 1919
Battery DeHart	2	10"	Disappearing	1893-1898-1898-1942	$ 106,757	Guns Dismounted 1918 Guns Remounted 1918
Battery Garesche	2	6"	Disappearing	1904-1906-1906-1917	$ 48,991	One gun to France
Battery Hobart	1	6"	Armstrong	1898-1898-1900-1913	$ 6,545	Gun & Carriage to Hawaii
Battery Keyes	2	3"	Pedestal	1903-1905-1906-1945	$ 16,893
Source: CDSG

World War I

World War II

**Fort Williams World War II Battery** (edit list)
Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost	Notes
Battery AMTB 961	2 2	90mm 90mm	AMTB Fixed Mobile	1943-1943-1943-1946	$ 10,921
Source: CDSG

Cold War

Current Status

Part of Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine.

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Location: Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine.

Maps & Images

Lat: 43.6225834 Long: -70.2106029

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Elevation: 43'

Sources:

Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 374
U.S.Army, Supplement to the Harbor Defense Project of Portland, Maine, (HDPB-AN-45), 11 Apr 1945, CDSG

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