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  2. Fort Knox (Maine) - Wikipedia

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    Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, [1] is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the mouth of the river. Built between 1844 and 1869, it was the first fort in Maine built entirely of granite; most previous forts used wood, earth, and stone ...

  3. Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory - Wikipedia

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    it is located in the 420-foot (128 m) west tower, allowing visitors to view the bridge, the nearby Fort Knox State Historic Site, the Penobscot River, and Penobscot Bay. The Penobscot Narrows Observatory opened to the general public on May 19, 2007. It is open at the same times of the year as Fort Knox (May 1 to October 31).

  4. List of forts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Fort Eisenhower, closed to the public. Fort Frederica, open to the public. Fort Gillem. Fort Hawkins, open to the public. Fort James Jackson, open to the public. Fort King George, open to the public. Fort McAllister, open to the public. Fort McPherson. Fort Moore, closed to the public.

  5. Penobscot River - Wikipedia

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    Panorama of the Penobscot River in Millinocket, Maine. The Penobscot River ( Abenaki: Pαnawάhpskewtəkʷ) is a 109-mile-long (175 km) [2] river in the U.S. state of Maine. Including the river's West Branch and South Branch increases the Penobscot's length to 264 miles (425 km), [2] making it the second-longest river system in Maine and the ...

  6. Fort Knox - Wikipedia

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    Fort Knox. / 37.92; -85.96. Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository (also known as Fort Knox), which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves, and with which it is often conflated.

  7. Prospect, Maine - Wikipedia

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    Prospect is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 698 at the 2020 census. The most prominent landmark in Prospect is Fort Knox, a large 19th-century fort. It is now a major tourist attraction, as is the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory.

  8. List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine - Wikipedia

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    Fort Kent: Fort Kent: November 7, 1973 : Fort Kent: Aroostook: This is the only surviving fortification of the Aroostook War, the nonviolent confrontation over the border between Maine and New Brunswick. 11: Fort Knox: Fort Knox

  9. Bucksport, Maine - Wikipedia

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    Bucksport, Maine. / 44.5710; -68.7875. Bucksport is a historical town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census. [2] Bucksport is across the Penobscot River estuary from Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which replaced the Waldo–Hancock Bridge .