Author: Leo Polaski
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738512334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The great seaport of New York, one of the largest and busiest natural harbors in the world, was defended for nearly four centuries by a series of more than sixty coastal fortifications. These fortifications were occupied by the Dutch, then the British, and finally, the Americans, who after winning their independence, needed to protect the country they had established. New York City's Harbor Defenses, with more than two hundred vintage photographs, reveals the unusual history of these coastal and island forts and tells of the men and women who served at them during peacetime and while the country was at war. Most of these fortifications are no longer active, but they can still be visited. Gone are the mighty guns, some of which could fire a twenty-four-hundred-pound shell a distance of twenty-six miles. Many of the buildings constructed during national emergencies have been leveled, and the millions of soldiers who lived, trained, and served their country there are absent. This visual history shows what once were the extensive fortifications that defended New York City's harbor.
New York City's Harbor Defenses
Author: Leo Polaski
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738512334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The great seaport of New York, one of the largest and busiest natural harbors in the world, was defended for nearly four centuries by a series of more than sixty coastal fortifications. These fortifications were occupied by the Dutch, then the British, and finally, the Americans, who after winning their independence, needed to protect the country they had established. New York City's Harbor Defenses, with more than two hundred vintage photographs, reveals the unusual history of these coastal and island forts and tells of the men and women who served at them during peacetime and while the country was at war. Most of these fortifications are no longer active, but they can still be visited. Gone are the mighty guns, some of which could fire a twenty-four-hundred-pound shell a distance of twenty-six miles. Many of the buildings constructed during national emergencies have been leveled, and the millions of soldiers who lived, trained, and served their country there are absent. This visual history shows what once were the extensive fortifications that defended New York City's harbor.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738512334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The great seaport of New York, one of the largest and busiest natural harbors in the world, was defended for nearly four centuries by a series of more than sixty coastal fortifications. These fortifications were occupied by the Dutch, then the British, and finally, the Americans, who after winning their independence, needed to protect the country they had established. New York City's Harbor Defenses, with more than two hundred vintage photographs, reveals the unusual history of these coastal and island forts and tells of the men and women who served at them during peacetime and while the country was at war. Most of these fortifications are no longer active, but they can still be visited. Gone are the mighty guns, some of which could fire a twenty-four-hundred-pound shell a distance of twenty-six miles. Many of the buildings constructed during national emergencies have been leveled, and the millions of soldiers who lived, trained, and served their country there are absent. This visual history shows what once were the extensive fortifications that defended New York City's harbor.
The Defences of New-York Harbor
Author: New York Chamber of Commerce
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Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Pages : 26
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The Dangers and Defences of New York
Author: John Gross Barnard
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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A History of Fort Wadsworth, New York Harbor
Author: Frederick R. Black
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Category : Fort Wadsworth (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Category : Fort Wadsworth (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Memoir on the Dangers and Defences of New York City
Author: James St. Clair Morton
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Category : Fortification
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Category : Fortification
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Rapport Door W.W. Evans, 'Engineer of Harbor Defenses of the State of New York' Over de 'harbor Defence' Van de Staat New York, Gericht Aan Edwin Dennison Morgan, 'U.S. Senator A. Commissioner of the State of New York for Harbor Frontier Defences'
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Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Pages : 106
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The Port of New York
Author: Thomas Edward Rush
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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The Dangers and Defences of New York
Author: John Gross Barnard
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Guarding America's Front Door
Author: Russell Stanley Gilmore
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Category : Coast defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 14
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Category : Coast defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 14
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Harbor & Haven
Author: John Bunker
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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