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In 1867, Fort Strong was established on the island and in 1870, a 10-gun battery was constructed. The fort was reconstructed and modernized in 1900. On September 30, 1947, the fort was declared surplus, but briefly reactivated during the NIKE anti-missile era as a radar site. In 1940, the U.S. Army also constructed Fort Dawes on the island. It was active until December 20, 1957. The Long Island Head Lighthouse can be seen toward the upper left-hand section of this vintage photograph of Long Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. (From the Images of America book, The Military History of Boston’s Harbor Island, courtesy Acadia Publishing)
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