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Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: September 20, 2009
Caption: Fort Hancock
Additional Description: For over a century, Fort Hancock protected the approach to New York Harbor. The first disappearing gun battery was installed here in 1893. During the Cold War, Fort Hancock was the home of Nike missiles, like those seen in the photo. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1972.
Submitted: September 26, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p78543
File Size: 0.955 Megabytes

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