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Two Lights State Park

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Two Lights State Park is a public recreation area occupying of headland on Cape Elizabeth, Maine, that offers views of Casco Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. [1]

21 relations: Artillery battery, Atlantic Ocean, Battery Steele, Cape Elizabeth Lights, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Casco Bay, Cumberland County, Maine, Edward Hopper, Fire control tower, Harbor Defenses of Portland, Headland, List of Maine state parks, Maine, New Hampshire, Peaks Island, Seacoast defense in the United States, Silurian, State park, World War II, 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun, 6-inch gun M1897.

Artillery battery

In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of artillery, mortars, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface to surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles etc, so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Battery Steele

Battery Steele (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Battery Construction #102) is a United States military fortification on Peaks Island, Portland, Maine in Casco Bay.

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Cape Elizabeth Lights

Cape Elizabeth Light also known as Two Lights is a lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, at the southwestern entrance to Casco Bay in Maine.

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Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Cape Elizabeth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.

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Casco Bay

Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine, New England, United States.

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Cumberland County, Maine

Cumberland County is a county in the state of Maine, United States.

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Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker.

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Fire control tower

A fire control tower is a structure located near the coastline, used to detect and locate enemy vessels offshore, direct fire upon them from coastal batteries, or adjust the aim of guns by spotting shell splashes.

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Harbor Defenses of Portland

The Harbor Defenses of Portland was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command.

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Headland

A headland (or simply head) is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water.

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List of Maine state parks

This list includes state parks, public reserved lands, and state historic sites in the U.S. state of Maine.

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Maine

Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Peaks Island

Peaks Island is the most populous island in Casco Bay, Maine.

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Seacoast defense in the United States

Seacoast defense was a major concern for the United States from its independence until World War II.

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Silurian

The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya.

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State park

State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun

The 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun and the near-identical Mark 3 were guns originally designed and built for the United States Navy as the main armament for the ''South Dakota''-class battleships and s. At the time, they were among the heaviest guns built for use as naval artillery.

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6-inch gun M1897

The 6-inch gun M1897 (152 mm) and its variants the M1900, M1903, M1905, M1908, and M1 (a.k.a. T2) were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1897 and 1945.

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Cape Elizabeth Military Reservation, Two lights state park.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Lights_State_Park

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