Constitution Island batteries

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American Revolutionary War fortification artillery battery military fortification

The Constitution Island batteries were a series of fortified gun emplacements on Constitution Island in the Hudson River, built to help protect the strategic Hudson Highlands during the American Revolutionary War.

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Surface form Occurrences
Constitution Island fortifications 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War fortification ⓘ
artillery battery ⓘ
military fortification ⓘ
adjacentTo West Point NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Point Military Academy grounds NERFINISHED ⓘ
armedWith cannon ⓘ
associatedWith Hudson River Chain and Boom defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Point fortifications NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor defense of the Hudson River ⓘ
protection of the Hudson Highlands ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
controlledBy Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 18th century ⓘ
garrison Continental Army soldiers ⓘ
hasConstructionStartTime 1770s ⓘ
circa 1775 ⓘ
hasFunction artillery platform ⓘ
coastal defense ⓘ
river defense ⓘ
hasNameSource Constitution Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSiteToday historic ruins ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of West Point National Historic Landmark ⓘ
locatedIn Constitution Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInCounty Putnam County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Hudson Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInState New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInValley Hudson Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnWaterBody Hudson River NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed earthworks ⓘ
stone ⓘ
timber ⓘ
nearbyCity Highlands, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War defenses ⓘ
Hudson River defenses ⓘ
West Point defensive system NERFINISHED ⓘ
fortifications of the Hudson Highlands ⓘ
strategicImportance control of navigation on the Hudson River ⓘ
protection of West Point area ⓘ
usedBy Continental Army artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDuring late 18th century ⓘ

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American Revolutionary War defenses → component → Constitution Island batteries ⓘ
subject surface form: American Revolutionary War defenses in the Hudson Highlands
Highlands Department of the Continental Army → usedFortification → Constitution Island batteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution Island fortifications