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Description
Fort Knox was begun in 1844 of offer protection to the Penobscot River area following the Northeast Boundary dispute with Britain.
This half-tone photo-etched illustration comes from the book Pine Tree Coast by Samuel Adams Drake (Boston: Estes & Laurent, 189) p. 266.
About This Item
- Title: Fort Knox, Penobscot River, 1891
- Creator: Samuel Adams Drake
- Creation Date: 1891
- Subject Date: 1891
- Location: Prospect, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 12 cm x 19 cm
- Local Code: 917.41 D91
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Boundaries--Great Britain
- Fort Knox (Prospect, Me.)--Description & views
- Forts--Maine--Prospect
- Boundaries--United States
- Penobscot River (Me.)
- Rivers--Penobscot
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