Fort Allen
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Gosffo
N 40° 49.849 W 075° 41.754
18T E 441324 N 4520209
Built for defense during the French and Indian War.
Waymark Code: WMTM6
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2006
Views: 29
Marker Text:
Built in 1756 by the Province of Pennsylvania. One of a series of frontier defenses erected during the French and Indian War. The site was within present Weissport.
1755 - 1763), Weissport
Measured 125 feet by 50 feet, with a 12-foot high stockade. It had two bastions on the long sides, and two half-bastions on the opposite corners. Armed with two swivel guns. Inside were two barracks and an Officers' quarters. Built under the supervision of Benjamin Franklin. Used by the Pennsylvania colonial militia. The fort's well still exists behind a building on the west-side of the town square near a flood protection levee. The fort was still standing in 1780, but was demolished soon after. Site occupied by hotel on Bridge and Franklin Streets. The original name of Weissport (founded 1760's) was New Gnadenhuetten, after the original Moravian settlement of Gnadenhuetten (not stockaded for defense) that was located here and destroyed by Delaware Indians in 1755."
Please do not feel you have to get a close up of this sign. It involves crossing a divided highway and four lanes of traffic. So just take a pic of it long distances!!!
Marker Name: Fort Allen
County: Carbon
Date Dedicated: 07/14/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 209 in Franklin Twp. (near Weissport), near Wachovia Bank
Category: French & Indian War, Forts, Military
Website: [Web Link]
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