Fort Baldwin State Historic Site [ME]

Description

Built between 1905 and 1912 and named for Jeduthan Baldwin, an engineer for the Colonial army during the Revolutionary War, Fort Baldwin originally consisted of three batteries (Cogan, Hardman, and Hawley). Battery Cogan had two three-inch guns, Battery Hardman had one six-inch disappearing gun, and Battery Hawley had two six-inch pedestal guns. All of these guns were removed in July 1924. During the First World War, Forts Baldwin and Popham held a garrison of two hundred soldiers including the 13th and 29th Coast Artillery. During the Second World War, D Battery, 8th Coast Artillery manned the fort from 1941 to 1943.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.

Chadbourn Depot Museum

Description

Housed in a 1910 railroad passenger depot, the Museum devotes its over 5,000 square feet of space to rail history. Also offered are historical displays and information about North Carolina's strawberry industry, which originated in Chadbourn.

The museum offers exhibits.

Cannot find a website.

Society for Industrial Archeology, Southern New England Chapter [MA]

Description

Today, the Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) of the Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA) keeps the industrial legacy of this region alive. Through its chapter newsletter, annual conference on New England industrial archeology and exclusive tours of industrial sites—most of them active, working factories otherwise inaccessible to the general public—the Society explores the places, lives, and ideas of the region's industrial heritage.

General interest organization for adults; does not seem to be focused on youth or school education.