Fort Terry: 1879-1948, Plum Island off North East tip of Long Island. Fortified a number of times from the Spanish American War through World War 2. Coastal Artillery Fort defending approaches to Long Island Sound. Status of batteries in 1921 was;
Battery…
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/terry
Fort Ticonderoga: 1756, Essex County, Ticonderoga. Built by the French as Fort Carillon, and partially destroyed by them in their withdrawal of 1759. Rebuilt as Fort Ticonderoga 1759-60 by British, captured by Americans in 1775, Gen. Washington sent its c…
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/ticonderoga
Fort Tilden: 1917-1974, Queens County, Rockaway Peninsula. A 317 acre Coastal Defense Post established in 1917. Initial WW1 installations included a Mortar Battery of 4- 12 inch mortars, an East Battery named Battery Fergusson with two 6 inch rapid fire g…
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/tilden
