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After visiting the Penobscot Narrows bridge observatory, we turned our attention to Maine’s largest historic fort which is literally right next door.
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Fort Knox, named after General Henry Knox, America’s first Secretary of War and Commander of Artillery in the Revolution. He spent his final years just down the road in Thomaston. And yes, that other Fort Knox in Kentucky is named after him as well.
The first thing we saw upon entering the Fort’s grounds?
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Proof!
I’m guessing this was a Halloween decoration as they host a big event here for the holiday. Or rather, I’m hoping.
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The Fort sits on a peninsula jutting out into the Penobscot River and was deemed the perfect defensive spot in 1844. Almost a million dollars was spent on its construction, but it took Congress 25 years to allot those funds and as with most government run projects, it was never actually completed.
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But no matter, it’s still an impressive place.
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More Halloween decorations, which to be honest annoyed the photographer in me.
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Yeah, Stephen King rules. We get it.
A diagram of the fort.
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The minute you enter through the sally port you’re struck by how well designed this was.
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The granite was local and expertly fitted.
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Inside? It’s all about the canons.
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Small cannons.
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And Big Bertha ass cannons.
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You know every single child ignores that sign.
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Room after room of cannons. Two floors and four batteries contain mounts for 135 of those babies but only 74 were ever brought to the site. Not as many as it could hold, but that still requires a lot of balls. In more ways than one.
To be continued..
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River's world..... 
Ohhh, any place with canons has my attention, lol.
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They were not available for firing on ex husbands. Sorry…
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Ex-husband? I was thinking more like, ex coworkers….🤔
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Those too!
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Those cannon balls look like bowling balls, but then again, I haven’t fired a cannon in who knows how long. I like that diagram of the fort. This could be my design for a future residence, complete with cannons of course.
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When planning your residence just remember you’ll have to mow those upper levels.
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Oops…😒
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The stupidity of war. By the time you try to build a fort, the need for it has passed. But the money spent on it goes not to the people, where it is most needed, but to the weapons manufacturers, and the fort builders, who just stock it away.
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…. for tourists like us to visit 100 odd years later. Yes.
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Reminds me of the Fort at St. Augustine… except for the dead aliens…
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I’ve been there as well. The lack of aliens was troubling…
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The relatives said they were coming for a visit. I guess they got lost.
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This looks so cool. I too, would love to visit, and I too, would be annoyed at the Halloween Decor.
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They do a big party/celebration on Halloween night…. but it just didn’t “fit”.
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The replica fort in my new hometown is just wooden boards. Fat lot of good that’ll do! I like your Fort Knox’s defenses much better.
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Ours wouldn’t go up in smoke without a fight. Or a nuke…
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