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Marker at the Foundry Dock
Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: July 10, 2011
Caption: Marker at the Foundry Dock
Additional Description: The first fortification in the West Point area, built in 1775, still exists on Constitution Island. During the Revolutionary War, Constitution Island was connected to West Point by a Great Chain which prevented British ships from sailing up the Hudson River.
Submitted: July 11, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p161781
File Size: 4.430 Megabytes

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