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File:LevettMap.jpg|alt=|Early 1900s map | File:LevettMap.jpg|alt=|Early 1900s map | ||
File:WhiteheadFCS.jpg|alt=|Whitehead complex | File:WhiteheadFCS.jpg|alt=|Whitehead complex | ||
File:QuadFCS.jpg|alt=|Fort Williams Secondary Station | File:QuadFCS.jpg|alt=|Fort Williams Secondary Station | ||
File:SrchlightPwrhouse.jpg|alt=|Searchlight Powerhouse | File:SrchlightPwrhouse.jpg|alt=|Searchlight Powerhouse | ||
File:Fort Levett21.jpg|alt= | File:Fort Levett21.jpg|alt= | ||
File:Fort Levett20.jpg|alt=|Remaining searchlight tower | File:Fort Levett20.jpg|alt=|Remaining searchlight tower | ||
File:DistSigSta.jpg|alt=|Radio Station | File:DistSigSta.jpg|alt=|Radio Station | ||
File:Fort Levetts 01.jpg|alt= | File:Fort Levetts 01.jpg|alt= | ||
File:Fort Levett4.jpg|alt= | File:Fort Levett4.jpg|alt= | ||
File:LevettCenteralPowerhouse.jpg|alt=|1903 Central Powerhouse | File:LevettCenteralPowerhouse.jpg|alt=|1903 Central Powerhouse | ||
File:Levett (200) 44.jpg|alt=|Shortly after construction. | File:Levett (200) 44.jpg|alt=|Shortly after construction. | ||
File:Centeralpwrhouseinterior.jpg|alt=|Engine Room | File:Centeralpwrhouseinterior.jpg|alt=|Engine Room | ||
File:Levett (200) 33.jpg|alt= | File:Levett (200) 33.jpg|alt= | ||
File:Levett (200) 36.jpg|alt=|Engine Room | File:Levett (200) 36.jpg|alt=|Engine Room | ||
File:Levett (200) 30.jpg|alt=|Utility Pole | File:Levett (200) 30.jpg|alt=|Utility Pole | ||
File:Fort Levett3.jpg|alt=|Training in front of Admin building. | File:Fort Levett3.jpg|alt=|Training in front of Admin building. | ||
File:Levett (200) 32.jpg|alt=|NCO Quarters | File:Levett (200) 32.jpg|alt=|NCO Quarters | ||
File:Levett (200) 31.jpg|alt=|1921 Fire Station | File:Levett (200) 31.jpg|alt=|1921 Fire Station | ||
File:Coal shed remains.jpg|Coal Shed Foundation | |||
File:Levett (200) 28.jpg|alt=|Granite posts for barbed wire behind Battery Kendrick | File:Levett (200) 28.jpg|alt=|Granite posts for barbed wire behind Battery Kendrick | ||
File:Narrow gauge Rail.jpg|Remaining narrow gauge rail. | |||
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File:Fort Levett Batteries.jpg|alt=|1920s aerial image | File:Fort Levett Batteries.jpg|alt=|1920s aerial image | ||
File:Levett (79) 41.jpg|alt=|Rear | File:Levett (79) 41.jpg|alt=|Rear | ||
File:Levett (79) 39.jpg|alt=|Platform extension | File:Levett (79) 39.jpg|alt=|Platform extension | ||
File:Levett (79) 28.jpg|alt=|Emplacement #3 | File:Levett (79) 28.jpg|alt=|Emplacement #3 | ||
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File:Levett (79) 37.jpg|alt=|Shell Room | File:Levett (79) 37.jpg|alt=|Shell Room | ||
File:Levett (79) 36.jpg|alt=|Powder Room with racks | File:Levett (79) 36.jpg|alt=|Powder Room with racks | ||
File:Levett (79) 31.jpg|alt=|BC Station remain (dismantled 1990s) | |||
File:Levett (79) 31.jpg|alt=|BC Station remain (dismantled | |||
File:Fort Levetts 14.jpg|alt=|Plotting Room | File:Fort Levetts 14.jpg|alt=|Plotting Room | ||
File:Levett (79) 40.jpg|alt=|Interior | File:Levett (79) 40.jpg|alt=|Interior | ||
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File:Fort Levett16.jpg|Battery Kendrick Plan | File:Fort Levett16.jpg|Battery Kendrick Plan | ||
File:Fort Levett Batteries.jpg|alt=|1920s aerial image | File:Fort Levett Batteries.jpg|alt=|1920s aerial image | ||
File:Fort Levett14.jpg|alt=|Widely reproduced postcard from the Ottawa Hotel of Battery Kendrick before the platforms were extended. | File:Fort Levett14.jpg|alt=|Widely reproduced postcard from the Ottawa Hotel of Battery Kendrick before the platforms were extended. | ||
File:Levett (79) 49.jpg|alt=|Excavated path to the battery. | File:Levett (79) 49.jpg|alt=|Excavated path to the battery. | ||
File:Levett (79) 50.jpg|alt=|Rear | File:Levett (79) 50.jpg|alt=|Rear | ||
File:Levett (200) 11.jpg|alt=|Emplacement #1 | File:Levett (200) 11.jpg|alt=|Emplacement #1 | ||
File:Levett (200) 09.jpg|alt=|Telephone Booth | File:Levett (200) 09.jpg|alt=|Telephone Booth | ||
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File:Levett (200) 07.jpg|alt=|Stairs to emplacement #1 | File:Levett (200) 07.jpg|alt=|Stairs to emplacement #1 | ||
File:Levett (200) 04.jpg|alt=|Gallery | File:Levett (200) 04.jpg|alt=|Gallery | ||
File:Levett (200) 02.jpg|alt=|Powder Room | File:Levett (200) 02.jpg|alt=|Powder Room | ||
File:Levett (200) 03.jpg|alt=|Shell Hoist location | File:Levett (200) 03.jpg|alt=|Shell Hoist location | ||
File:Levett (200) 29.jpg|alt=|BC Station ruins | File:Levett (200) 29.jpg|alt=|BC Station ruins | ||
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File:Levett (200) 14.jpg|alt=|Emplacement #2 | File:Levett (200) 14.jpg|alt=|Emplacement #2 | ||
File:Levett (200) 15.jpg|alt=|Top of Shell Hoist #2 | File:Levett (200) 15.jpg|alt=|Top of Shell Hoist #2 | ||
File:Levett (200) 21.jpg|alt=|Crows Nest #1 | File:Levett (200) 21.jpg|alt=|Crows Nest #1 | ||
File:Levett (200) 22.jpg|alt=|Shell Room | |||
File:Levett (200) 22.jpg|alt=|Shell Room | |||
File:Levett (200) 23.jpg|alt=|Gallery | File:Levett (200) 23.jpg|alt=|Gallery | ||
File:Levett (200) 26.jpg|alt=|DC motor for shell hoist | File:Levett (200) 26.jpg|alt=|DC motor for shell hoist | ||
File:Levett (200) 20.jpg|alt=|1921 BC Station | File:Levett (200) 20.jpg|alt=|1921 BC Station | ||
File:Levett (200) 17.jpg|alt=|Note telephone boxes on right | File:Levett (200) 17.jpg|alt=|Note telephone boxes on right | ||
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File:Daniels1914plan.jpg|1914 Plan | File:Daniels1914plan.jpg|1914 Plan | ||
File:Battery Daniels BC.jpg|1920 BC Station plan (converted to Mine OP) | File:Battery Daniels BC.jpg|1920 BC Station plan (converted to Mine OP) | ||
File:Levett (79) 42.jpg|Electric pole for nearby searchlight. | File:Levett (79) 42.jpg|Electric pole for nearby searchlight. | ||
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File:Fort Levett28.jpg|alt=|BE-63 Telephone boxes for EE-91s | File:Fort Levett28.jpg|alt=|BE-63 Telephone boxes for EE-91s | ||
File:Fort Levett30.jpg|alt=|#2 Compressor Room | File:Fort Levett30.jpg|alt=|#2 Compressor Room | ||
File:Fort Levett27.jpg|alt=|Emplacement #2 rear entrance | File:Fort Levett27.jpg|alt=|Emplacement #2 rear entrance | ||
File:Fort Levetts 04.jpg|alt=|1943 central entrance | File:Fort Levetts 04.jpg|alt=|1943 central entrance | ||
File:Fort Levett34.jpg|alt=|Latrine | File:Fort Levett34.jpg|alt=|Latrine | ||
File:Fort Levett37.jpg|alt=|Unknown crate | File:Fort Levett37.jpg|alt=|Unknown crate | ||
File:Levett (79) 09.jpg|alt=|Powder and Shell rooms | File:Levett (79) 09.jpg|alt=|Powder and Shell rooms | ||
File:Levett (79) 10.jpg|alt=|Magazine | File:Levett (79) 10.jpg|alt=|Magazine | ||
File:Fort Levett39.jpg|alt=|1943 Generator Room | File:Fort Levett39.jpg|alt=|1943 Generator Room | ||
File:Levett (79) 08.jpg|alt=|1943 BC Station on top of 1921 station | File:Levett (79) 08.jpg|alt=|1943 BC Station on top of 1921 station | ||
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== Present == | == Present == | ||
In 1948 all the remaining guns were scrapped, temporary WWII buildings salvaged, and the post was abandoned, | In 1948 all the remaining guns were scrapped, temporary WWII buildings salvaged, and the post was abandoned, along with the narrow-gauge railroad being dismantled. Some of the rails still remain although they are scattered around the side of the path. The remaining rail was found on the spur leading up to the top of Battery Foote. The rail in the dock was kept until the wood was replaced sometime after 1971. The site of the Wagon shed has been turned into a bocce court. The foundation of the coal shed remains right next to it.The army wanted $177,000 for the entire fort and it was purchased in 1957 and became a private housing complex. In 1970 the original barracks building was blown up, and the Sewell FC stations were razed at whitehead. In the 1960s Battery Bowdoin had drill holes made to test the concrete to see if the battery could be used for storing bank records. It never was and no modifications were made. A fire in the late 1970s destroyed most of the large officer's duplex but part of the first floor was salvaged and is now part of a cottage. The hospital was renovated for a residence and the NCO duplexes were converted to single family dwellings. Some of the storehouses and workshops have also been converted to residences but many buildings also remain as storage such as the power plant, stables, mule barn, fire station and pump house. The area with the batteries and FC stations has been designated a nature preserve operated by the islanders but in the past, there were proposals to make it a camp or a science center. Therefore, many of the buildings remain unchanged although heavily weathered with the exception of whitehead, where most of the Sewell structures have collapsed or been removed. Permission is needed to visit the island. | ||
[ | === SOURCES and REFERENCES === | ||
[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/216887826 National Archives Catalog] | |||
[https://web.archive.org/web/20101008080612/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826379,00.html Project Science Island] | [https://web.archive.org/web/20101008080612/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826379,00.html Project Science Island] | ||
[[wikipedia:Cushing_Island|Cushings Island]] | [[wikipedia:Cushing_Island|Cushings Island]] | ||
[https://cdsg.org Coast Defense Study Group] | |||
[https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/me3.html North American Forts] | [https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/me3.html North American Forts] | ||