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=== FORT TOTTEN === | === FORT TOTTEN === | ||
Fort Totten first opened in 1862 as a third system fort. The installation was not completed because it became obsolete so all that remains is the incomplete Water Battery. During the 1870s the fort was upgraded with a few gun batteries and a tunnel connecting the main garrison to the Water Battery. In 1896 work started on seven-gun batteries ranging from 12-inch guns to 3-inch guns. Along with the new batteries came new post buildings starting in 1894 and being completed around 1910. All large caliber guns were removed in 1918 and only two batteries remained active through WW2. | Fort Totten first opened in 1862 as a third system fort. The installation was not completed because it became obsolete so all that remains is the incomplete Water Battery. During the 1870s the fort was upgraded with a few gun batteries and a tunnel connecting the main garrison to the Water Battery. In 1896 work started on seven-gun batteries ranging from 12-inch guns to 3-inch guns. Along with the new batteries came new post buildings starting in 1894 and being completed around 1910. All large caliber guns were removed in 1918 and only two batteries remained active through WW2.<gallery> | ||
File:Totten NYC Album 02.jpg|The Guardhouse which has been replaced with a new one. | |||
File:Totten NYC Album 13.jpg|Mine Depot | |||
File:Totten NYC Album 12.jpg|Building 635 Abandon Officers Quarters | |||
File:Totten NYC Album 06.jpg|Side view of Building 635 | |||
File:Totten NYC Album 11.jpg|Battery Mahan? | |||
File:Totten NYC Album 10.jpg|Battery King buried remains | |||
File:Totten NYC Album 08.jpg|WW2 Building | |||
File:Totten NYC Album 07.jpg|NCO quarters | |||
File:Totten NYC Album 04.jpg|NPS Office | |||
</gallery>During my visit the Fort was closed, and I was unable to sneak into the Endicott Batteries due to the security guards on watch. The fort is mostly complete with a lot of the original post buildings still remaining. One of the 1894 barracks has been repurposed while the others are heavily deteriorated. | |||
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=== FORT WADSWORTH === | |||
Revision as of 20:52, 25 April 2023
This page has some photographs and a little bit of information on the forts I went to on a Trip to NYC. Unfortunately, most of the forts I went to, were closed or I was on a tight schedule. I was able to visit Fort Totten, Fort Wadsworth and Fort Wood (Statue of Liberty).
FORT TOTTEN
Fort Totten first opened in 1862 as a third system fort. The installation was not completed because it became obsolete so all that remains is the incomplete Water Battery. During the 1870s the fort was upgraded with a few gun batteries and a tunnel connecting the main garrison to the Water Battery. In 1896 work started on seven-gun batteries ranging from 12-inch guns to 3-inch guns. Along with the new batteries came new post buildings starting in 1894 and being completed around 1910. All large caliber guns were removed in 1918 and only two batteries remained active through WW2.
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The Guardhouse which has been replaced with a new one. -
Mine Depot -
Building 635 Abandon Officers Quarters -
Side view of Building 635 -
Battery Mahan? -
Battery King buried remains -
WW2 Building -
NCO quarters -
NPS Office
During my visit the Fort was closed, and I was unable to sneak into the Endicott Batteries due to the security guards on watch. The fort is mostly complete with a lot of the original post buildings still remaining. One of the 1894 barracks has been repurposed while the others are heavily deteriorated.
FOR A MORE DETAILED HISTORY VISIT THISWEBSITE!