Fort Montgomery is a former fortification built on the west bank of the Hudson River in Highlands, New York by the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Erected in 1776, Fort Montgomery was
Cannons at the site of the fort, 2007
Foundation of magazine
Foundation of barracks
Visitor center, 2008
Hudson River Chains
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The Hudson River Chains were a series of chain booms constructed across the Hudson River at West Point by Continental Army forces from 1776 to 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. These served
Fort Montgomery (Hudson River)
…County, New York. The fortifications included a river battery of six 32-pound cannons, a cable chain supported by a boom across the Hudson River (see Hudson River Chain), and landward redoubts connected by ramparts, all situated on a cliff promontory rising 100 feet (30 m) above the river. The fort was commanded by…
"Fields of Fire" from Fort Constitution on the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War
Sketch of the Great Chain and log boom
The remnants of the earthworks of Chain Battery on Flirtation Walk
The Great Chain and mortars