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''' | Loc. 143 and 144 Fort Dearborn was a WWII fort in Rye NH. | ||
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Located in Rye New Hampshire the first military installations were built during WW1 which included a filed fire control station 1917 and portable searchlights 1920. Fort Dearborn was built as a WW2 fortification for the [[:Category:Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth|Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth]]. No other existing Endicott fort could meet the new defense needs (Fort Foster had room for one battery). So, it was decided in 1942 that the land between Odiorne's Point and Frost Point would become the newest addition to Portsmouth defenses. In order to get this land, they would need to remove the current residents. In 1942 the residents were given thirty days to pack their belongings and go elsewhere giving the government took the first 200 acres of the reservation in 1943 (The second parcel was acquired later that year bringing the property to about 264 acres). The reservation was officially named Fort Dearborn in 1943 for Henry Dearborn. During this time Route 1 was closed to the public from Wallis Sands until the bridge after the fort until 1946. . . The section of the reservation with Battery 204 was designated Location 143 and the section with Battery 103 and the Gun-Group Command Post was designated Location 144.<center><gallery heights="100" mode="nolines" caption="Fort Dearborn"> | Located in Rye New Hampshire the first military installations were built during WW1 which included a filed fire control station 1917 and portable searchlights 1920. Fort Dearborn was built as a WW2 fortification for the [[:Category:Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth|Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth]]. No other existing Endicott fort could meet the new defense needs (Fort Foster had room for one battery). So, it was decided in 1942 that the land between Odiorne's Point and Frost Point would become the newest addition to Portsmouth defenses. In order to get this land, they would need to remove the current residents. In 1942 the residents were given thirty days to pack their belongings and go elsewhere giving the government took the first 200 acres of the reservation in 1943 (The second parcel was acquired later that year bringing the property to about 264 acres). The reservation was officially named Fort Dearborn in 1943 for Henry Dearborn. During this time Route 1 was closed to the public from Wallis Sands until the bridge after the fort until 1946. . . The section of the reservation with Battery 204 was designated Location 143 and the section with Battery 103 and the Gun-Group Command Post was designated Location 144.<center><gallery heights="100" mode="nolines" caption="Fort Dearborn"> | ||