Battery Fergusson was a coastal gun battery built in Queens County, as part of Fort Tilden during the first World War. Originally, the structure was known as the “East Battery” but was renamed in 1939 in honor of Brigadier General Frank K. Fergusson. Co…
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Camp Fisher’s Island was a World War One era training station, used by the forces of the United States Army. The camp was named after Major General Charles D. Fisher, who was formerly the army’s Chief of Ordnance. The station was used to train and mobili…
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Fort Fish, located in what is now Central Park, in New York City, was built in 1814. The construction featured various earthworks, and was used during the war of 1812, but was promptly abandoned after just one year of operation in 1815. Fort Fish was pa…
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Fishkill Barracks served as a supply depot, and was constructed in 1776, in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York. It saw operation from 1776 to 1782. Its barracks were large enough to house 2,000 troops, and were located one mile below the village of Fis…
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In 1776, Flagstaff Fort was established on Staten Island by American forces. Located on Signal Hill, the fort had previously been the site of a 1663 Dutch blockhouse. In June of 1776, the Continental Army occupied the fort and used it as a means to repel …
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Built in 1715, in Schuylerville, Saratoga County, Flatts Stockade was a loopholed structure built from brick built to defend British territory in New York. After three decades of operation, the stockade met its unfortunate end; the fortification was burn…
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In 1928, Floyd Bennett Field was established in Kings County, Brooklyn. Originally known as New York City Municipal Airport, it served as a Naval Air Station from 1941 to 1971. The station doubled as a base for the Air National Guard during this period. …
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Forest Hill Redoubt was established in Manhattan, on the Hudson River at the north end of Washington Heights, in 1776. The redoubt was an earthen redan on a 250-foot hill overlooking Inwood Village, located between Fort Washington and Fort Cock Hill. In…
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Formerly known as Grenadier’s Battery, Foundry Redoubt was a British reconstruction of the formerly American fort. Grenadier was captured by the British in 1776 and was expanded into Foundry Redoubt in 1780. Located in New York City, the redoubt was uti…
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