Hole in the Clouds


Tag: Casco Bay

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Aug 24, 2009

During World War II, the shores of Casco Bay were heavily fortified, and the entrance to Portland harbor was mined. In 1942, a German U-boat was identified in the bay by a Civil Air Patrol pilot, but it got away before military aircraft arrived on the scene.

That's Portland Head Light in the distance, as viewed from the rusting remnants of the fortification on what is now the campus of Southern Maine Community College in South Portland.


 

Maine   Portland Head Light   Casco Bay   (Image credit: Ellen Stein)