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Castle Clinton
Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton is a circular sandstone fort and national monument in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City.Top photos chosen by u all:
NYC - Battery Park: Castle Clinton National Monument
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Castle Clinton, along with more than a dozen other forts was built in anticipation of the War of 1812 to defend New York Harbor. The Southwest Battery was constructed on the rocks off the tip of Manhattan Island between 1808 and 1811. Although fully armed, the fort never had occasion to fire upon an enemy. In 1817, the fort was renamed Castle Clinton in honor of DeWitt Clinton, Mayor and later Governor of New York. The army vacated the fort in 1821 and the structure was deeded to New York City. In the summer of 1824, a new restaurant and entertainment center opened at the site, then called Castle Garden. A roof was added in the 1840s and Castle Garden served as an opera house and theater until 1854. Many new inventions were demonstrated there to amazed audiences including the telegraph, Colts revolving rifles, steam powdered fire engines and underwater electronic explosives. The Swedish Nightengale Jenny Lind made her American debut here in 1850, brought to America by no other then P.T. Barnum. By 1855, successive landfills had enlarged the Park to encompass Castle Garden and on August 3 the structure became America's first immigrant receiving center, welcoming 8.5 million people before it was closed in 1890 and succeeded by Ellis Island. The building was altered once again and reopened as the New York City Aquarium on December 10, 1896. It was one of the city's most popular attractions, and one of America's first public aquariums until it closed in 1941. Following its near-total demolition in 1941 and a major preservation battle, the original fort walls were declared a National Monument by an Act of Congress in 1946. Restored to its fortification appearance by the National Park Service in 1975, the Castle currently houses a small interpretive display and the ticket office for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island ferry. Castle Clinton was designated a landmarks by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965. National Register #66000537
NYC - Battery Park: Castle Clinton - Walls within Walls
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June 6, 2006 marked the opening of The Battery Conservancy’s first educational program displayed in , Walls within Walls; an exhibit presenting the findings of the mid-18th century wall discovered in the Battery during excavation for the South Ferry Subway Tunnel. The exhibition, temporarily on display in the Castle, includes explanatory panels presenting the history of the wall, the archeological discovery, and an explanation of its modern significance. Accompanying the display is a reconstruction of a part of the first section of the wall to be excavated. Four sections of the colonial era wall were identified by archaeologists, with each of the four sections exhibiting unique features. They are all likely part of the same wall, constructed between 1730 and 1766. Differences among the sections may be due to successive periods of construction, which would account for the various building materials and construction techniques used. The wall was accompanied by a wooden log pier structure. It was documented in detailed drawings, and samples of the wood were taken for dating. Because of the archaeological analysis, the wall was determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Ongoing study of this important discovery will provide a more detailed history of the Battery than has ever been possible before.
Castle Clinton National Monument
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Built for the War of 1812 (though never used), Castle Clinton later was used as an opera house, immigration station, then aquarium. I say a little bit more about Castle Clinton on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door National Register Number: 66000537
NYC - Battery Park: Castle Clinton National Monument - Cannon
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Manning 's 28 guns Order of September 18, 1814 -- The force employed will be 2 gunners and 8 matrosses (artillerists) to each gun. To every section of chamber of 2 guns a non commissioned officer.
Battery Park
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Battery Park, NYC, looking in from the harbor at what I always referred to as the duct tape building.
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Castle Williams
to protect the city from the British in 1812. It, along with Castle Clinton on Manhattan, was so successful the British decided to burn a different city
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