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COURTYARD INTERIOR, SOUTHEAST CORNER - Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay and Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY
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COURTYARD INTERIOR, SOUTHEAST CORNER - Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay and Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY
Depicted place New York; New York County; New York
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS NY,31-GOVI,19-15
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design by American military engineer, Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Williams, were typical of fortifications erected in the years prior to the War of 1812 in what became known as the Second American System of fortifications. Williams was the Army's Chief Engineer and first superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point. At the time it was constructed,the Castle, which had the capability of mounting slightly over 100 guns, was one of the largest works in the defense system that effectively protected New York City and its harbor during the War of 1812. Today, it remains as one of the country's best preserved fortifications of its type.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-365, FN-366
  • Survey number: HABS NY-5715-2
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 85002435.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ny1492.photos.305278p
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Object location40° 42′ 51.01″ N, 74° 00′ 23″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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