Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.
Gun Platform in the West Point Foundry Preserve
Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: January 16, 2014
Caption: Gun Platform in the West Point Foundry Preserve
Additional Description: Parrott Guns and other cannon that were forged at the West Point Foundry were tested from this platform. They were fired out across the Foundry Cove seen in the background. During the Civil War, President Lincoln witnessed a weapon test at this site.
Submitted: January 17, 2014, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p264609
File Size: 4.606 Megabytes

To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.