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File:Totten NYC Album 04.jpg|NPS Office

File:WADSWOTH 23.jpg|Fort Totten Plan

File:Liberty (3).jpg|Incomplete 1862 Water Battery

</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 WOOD AND CASTLE CLINTON ===

Fort Wood was completed in 1811 on Bedloe's Island (Renamed Liberty Island in 1956). It remained active until 1937 when all Military personnel left. The Statue of Liberty was constructed in the Parade Ground of the Fort in 1884 and later the Parade ground was filled in. Post Buildings were built in 1904 while the Fort was still Garrisoned. During a transformation of the Island from 1950-1956 all remaining Military Buildings were removed and in 1964 the Statue was redone including modification of the Fort. The Casements were still intact until the 1950s transformation when the interior was renovated for a museum. Today the Fort is the base of the Statue of Liberty, and many people pass through it not knowing it was once a fort. <gallery>

File:Liberty (21).jpg|Main Entrance

File:Liberty (20).jpg|A Casement that was destroyed for an exit from the Statue.

File:Liberty (19).jpg|More Remains

File:Liberty (17).jpg|Bolts that hold the Statue to the Pedestal

File:Liberty (13).jpg|Castle Williams from the Statue

</gallery>Castle Clinton was built on a manmade island in 1809 as a Second System Fort. In the 1850s land was filled around it to make it part of Manhattan. It was abandoned by the military in 1821. In 1855 the fort was renovated and modified to be an immigration station which operated until 1892 when Ellis Islands station opened. It became the NYC Aquarium in 1896 and more additions and renovations were completed. In 1941 the aquarium became too hard to maintain and it was put up for sale after it was threatened with demolition. It became a national monument in 1946 but was partially demolished in 1947. The fort was restored in the 1970s. Unfortunately, all of the alterations to the fort and its attempted restoration have left most of the 1809 structure gone and replaced.

[[File:Liberty (27).jpg|center|thumb|Castle Clinton Today]]

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 File:Totten NYC Album 04.jpg|NPS Office
 File:WADSWOTH 23.jpg|Fort Totten Plan
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 </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 WOOD AND CASTLE CLINTON ===
+Fort Wood was completed in 1811 on Bedloe's Island (Renamed Liberty Island in 1956). It remained active until 1937 when all Military personnel left. The Statue of Liberty was constructed in the Parade Ground of the Fort in 1884 and later the Parade ground was filled in. Post Buildings were built in 1904 while the Fort was still Garrisoned. During a transformation of the Island from 1950-1956 all remaining Military Buildings were removed and in 1964 the Statue was redone including modification of the Fort. The Casements were still intact until the 1950s transformation when the interior was renovated for a museum. Today the Fort is the base of the Statue of Liberty, and many people pass through it not knowing it was once a fort. <gallery>
+File:Liberty (21).jpg|Main Entrance
+File:Liberty (20).jpg|A Casement that was destroyed for an exit from the Statue.
+File:Liberty (19).jpg|More Remains
+File:Liberty (17).jpg|Bolts that hold the Statue to the Pedestal
+File:Liberty (13).jpg|Castle Williams from the Statue
+</gallery>Castle Clinton was built on a manmade island in 1809 as a Second System Fort. In the 1850s land was filled around it to make it part of Manhattan. It was abandoned by the military in 1821. In 1855 the fort was renovated and modified to be an immigration station which operated until 1892 when Ellis Islands station opened. It became the NYC Aquarium in 1896 and more additions and renovations were completed. In 1941 the aquarium became too hard to maintain and it was put up for sale after it was threatened with demolition. It became a national monument in 1946 but was partially demolished in 1947. The fort was restored in the 1970s. Unfortunately, all of the alterations to the fort and its attempted restoration have left most of the 1809 structure gone and replaced.
+[[File:Liberty (27).jpg|center|thumb|Castle Clinton Today]]

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