Battery Ramsay (Portland, Maine)

USA / Maine / Long Island / Portland, Maine

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Two 3" masking pedestal mount guns were mounted here from 1902 to 1920.

Battery Ramsay was named on March 30, 1903 in honor of 1st Lieutenant Douglas Ramsay, 1st U.S. Artillery, who was killed July 21, 1862 at the battle of Bull Run, Virginia.

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Coordinates: 43°40'56"N 70°11'17"W

Fort McKinley 1.4 km
Fort Levett 4.2 km
Fort WIlliams Park 6.5 km
Wreck of USS PE-56 16 km
USS S-21 (SS-126) wreckage 17 km
Plymouth National Guard Training Area 149 km
Fernald Airport (Former)/ Winterport Dragway 149 km
Former BOMARC Missile Base 172 km
Schoodic Institute 185 km
Columbia Air Force Station Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar 226 km

Casco Bay (Southern Section) 0.8 km
Great Diamond Island 0.8 km
Peaks Island 2.2 km
Long Island 3 km
Portland Country Club 4.5 km
Cushing Island 4.8 km
Falmouth Foreside, Maine 5.6 km
Willard 6.1 km
Falmouth, Maine 9 km
Greater Portland 16 km

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Casco Bay (Southern Section) Great Diamond Island Peaks Island Long Island Portland Country Club Cushing Island Falmouth Foreside, Maine Willard Falmouth, Maine Greater Portland