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 as defenses preventing British naval vessels from sailing upriver and were overseen by the Highlands Department of the Continental Army.
"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
Fort Washington (Manhattan)
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Fort Washington was a fortified position near the north end of Manhattan Island, at the island's highest point, within the modern-day neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City. The Fort Washington Site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A View of the Attack against Fort Washington and Rebel Redouts near New York on November 16, 1776 by the British and Hessian Brigades Watercolor by Thomas Davies
Capt. Molly memorial - Fort Tryon Park
Bennett Park memorial - Fort Washington
The site of Fort Washington in Bennett Park as it appeared in 2011