Joncaire's Blockhouse was constructed in 1719, in Niagara Falls, New York. The fort was known under several monikers, but most prominently known as Fort Joncaire, and Magazin Royal. Daniel Joncaire, a Frenchman who lived alongside Native Americans, buil…
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Kanadesaga was built in 1756, in Ontario County, in Geneva, at the foot of Seneca Lake. The fortification featured four walls each one hundred feet in length, which stood fifteen feet high, and boasted two fifteen-foot square-shaped blockhouses at the di…
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Kenisico Nike Base, also known as “NY-09”, was opened in 1955 and served as an IFC Area, as well as a missile launch outpost in White Plains, New York. The base was closed down after just eight years of operation in 1963. Between 1959 and 1963, it was ma…
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Fort Kentucky, also known as Fort Mud, was built in Sackets Harbor and was active from 1812 to 1815, during the War of 1812. It served as a minor redoubt, and was equipped with twenty guns, and was one of four similar defensive positions in a fortified l…
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The Kenneth A. Kesselring Site, located in West Milton, Saratoga County, was established in 1957 as one of two Navy training sites for nuclear reactor operators. At its peak, the site had four active nuclear reactors, but two were decommissioned in the 1…
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Battery Kessler: 1917-1949, Kings Co., Fort Tilden. Originally called West Battery, named for Col. Percy Kessler, December 1939. Two model 1900, 6 inch "rapid fire" guns with a range of 16,550 yards.
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/battery-kessler
Fort Keyser: 1750, Stone Arabia, Montgomery County. Stone house of Johannes Keyse, loop-holed with fortifications added 1776. No longer used when Fort Paris built 1/2 mile north in spring 1777. Building was torn down in 1840s.
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/keyser
Fortress of Kienuka: 1500-1640, Lewiston, Niagara County. Squawkihaws and Senecas fort of refuge, located on the Niagara escarpment. Protected by a moat/ditch on the East, West, and South sides, with upright poles of 10 or 12 feet, enclosing a space of ab…
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/kienuka
King's Bridge Redoubt: 1775, New York City. Site of King's Bridge over Spuyten Duyvil Creek for Old Post Road to the Bronx. No information on the American works, the British built a semicircular earthwork in November 1776. Location was about 230th Street …
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/kings-bridge-redoubt
