Fort Jay
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Fort Jay is a coastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. Fort Jay is the oldest existing defensive structure on
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Aerial view of the fortifications.
15-inch Rodman gun (left) and 10-inch Rodman gun (right).
Looking north across Fort Jay with Lower Manhattan skyscrapers in the background.
Castle Williams
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Castle Williams is a circular fortification of red sandstone on the northwest point of Governors Island, part of a system of forts designed and constructed in the early 19th century to protect New Yor
Fort Jay
…From 1806 to 1904 it was named Fort Columbus, presumably for explorer Christopher Columbus. Today, the National Park Service administers Fort Jay and Castle Williams as the Governors Island National Monument. Fort Jay is situated on Governors Island (which was known as Nutten Island from 1664 to 1784, based on Dutch…
View from the Staten Island Ferry on New York Harbor
The fort during the War of 1812
Landward side
Cannon on top of Castle Williams