New York Assorted Album

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.