| Click for larger view A beautiful aerial shot of Eastport by our very own Leasa Garvin showing the location of the Barracks Museum and the Quoddy Dam Model Museum & Craft Shop |
| Barracks Museum 74 Washington Street, Eastport, Maine 04631 Hours: 1-4 Saturdays |
In 1808, Major Lemuel Trescott oversaw the
construction of a garrison on a hill
overlooking the Eastport area. Adams Street
today borders the former location of this fort
on the north, High Street on the west, Sullivan
Street on the south, and Water Street on the
east. The only remaining evidence of the fort
in this location is the ruin of the Fort Sullivan
Powder House on McKinley Street, a short
distance off Adams Street. It is unclear for
whom the fort was named, but it was
reportedly first called Fort Sullivan in March
1813. The British occupied Eastport and this
fort from July 1814 until June 30, 1818. Fort
Sullivan was used as a military facility until
1873.
In 1877 the government sold the property at
Fort Sullivan. The northernmost officers'
quarters, built in 1809, was separated from
the other two sections of quarters and moved
to its present location at 74 Washington
Street. Another section was moved to Orange
Street, but it deteriorated and was destroyed.
The Washington Street building is presently
a museum owned and operated by the
Border Historical Society. Admission is free;
donations are happily accepted.
A tour of the Barracks Museum is worthwhile
as a study of early 1800's architecture and
construction. A visit will present much more
about Eastport, however. Each room is filled
with historical photographs and items, both
military and civilian, not only concerning Fort
Sullivan but also the sardine and ground
fishing industries. One room is dedicated to
the genealogy of this area. Open July and
August
construction of a garrison on a hill
overlooking the Eastport area. Adams Street
today borders the former location of this fort
on the north, High Street on the west, Sullivan
Street on the south, and Water Street on the
east. The only remaining evidence of the fort
in this location is the ruin of the Fort Sullivan
Powder House on McKinley Street, a short
distance off Adams Street. It is unclear for
whom the fort was named, but it was
reportedly first called Fort Sullivan in March
1813. The British occupied Eastport and this
fort from July 1814 until June 30, 1818. Fort
Sullivan was used as a military facility until
1873.
In 1877 the government sold the property at
Fort Sullivan. The northernmost officers'
quarters, built in 1809, was separated from
the other two sections of quarters and moved
to its present location at 74 Washington
Street. Another section was moved to Orange
Street, but it deteriorated and was destroyed.
The Washington Street building is presently
a museum owned and operated by the
Border Historical Society. Admission is free;
donations are happily accepted.
A tour of the Barracks Museum is worthwhile
as a study of early 1800's architecture and
construction. A visit will present much more
about Eastport, however. Each room is filled
with historical photographs and items, both
military and civilian, not only concerning Fort
Sullivan but also the sardine and ground
fishing industries. One room is dedicated to
the genealogy of this area. Open July and
August
| Quoddy Dam Model Museum & Quoddy Craft Shop 72 Water Street Eastport, Maine 04631 Hours: 10 to 6 into Fall |
The Passamaquoddy Tidal Power
Project/"Quoddy Dam" Project
A proposed development project for eastern
Maine, envisioned by hydroelectric engineer
Dexter Cooper, involving the construction of a
tidal harness for electricity generation was
initiated in 1935 under U.S. Public Works
Administration funding and with the blessing
of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
whose summer home was on nearby
Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada.
Also known as the Quoddy Project, it
proposed impounding Cobscook Bay and
part of Passamaquoddy Bay with a series of
dams and control structures to exploit the
resulting water level difference to generate
electrical power. The electric turbines for
power generation would have been located
at the isthmus on Moose Island, Eastport,
with the water passing between
Passamaquoddy Bay and Cobscook Bay,
with the "used" generating water released
from impoundment at low tide.
Part of this project was completed by the
construction of dikes built between Pleasant
Point-Carlow Island-Moose Island. The
project was suspended one year later after
the United States Congress refused further
funding, thus the actual barrier dams never
being built. The dike barriers now underlie
the former Maine Central Railroad and the
current Maine Highway 190, as well as
between Treat Island (in Eastport) and
Dudley Island (in Lubec, Maine).
Several iterations and variations on the
project later ensued, but never began
construction.
Project/"Quoddy Dam" Project
A proposed development project for eastern
Maine, envisioned by hydroelectric engineer
Dexter Cooper, involving the construction of a
tidal harness for electricity generation was
initiated in 1935 under U.S. Public Works
Administration funding and with the blessing
of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
whose summer home was on nearby
Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada.
Also known as the Quoddy Project, it
proposed impounding Cobscook Bay and
part of Passamaquoddy Bay with a series of
dams and control structures to exploit the
resulting water level difference to generate
electrical power. The electric turbines for
power generation would have been located
at the isthmus on Moose Island, Eastport,
with the water passing between
Passamaquoddy Bay and Cobscook Bay,
with the "used" generating water released
from impoundment at low tide.
Part of this project was completed by the
construction of dikes built between Pleasant
Point-Carlow Island-Moose Island. The
project was suspended one year later after
the United States Congress refused further
funding, thus the actual barrier dams never
being built. The dike barriers now underlie
the former Maine Central Railroad and the
current Maine Highway 190, as well as
between Treat Island (in Eastport) and
Dudley Island (in Lubec, Maine).
Several iterations and variations on the
project later ensued, but never began
construction.
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