Harbor defenses of New York
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The Harbor defenses of New York were a network of coastal fortifications, batteries, and military installations designed to protect New York Harbor from naval attack, especially during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Harbor defenses of New York Context triple: [Fort Wadsworth, partOf, Harbor defenses of New York]
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Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a historic former military installation and coastal defense fortification located at the Narrows in New York Harbor, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.
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Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a 19th-century British coastal artillery fort in Hamilton, Bermuda, built to defend the harbor and now preserved as a historic site and tourist attraction.
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Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a historic U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York, guarding the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
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Fort Jay
Fort Jay is a historic coastal fortification on Governors Island in New York Harbor, notable for its star-shaped design and long military service from the early 19th century through the Cold War.
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Fort Orange
Fort Orange was a 17th-century Dutch fur-trading post and military fortification located near present-day Albany, New York, that served as a key outpost of the colony of New Netherland.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Harbor defenses of New York Target entity description: The Harbor defenses of New York were a network of coastal fortifications, batteries, and military installations designed to protect New York Harbor from naval attack, especially during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a historic former military installation and coastal defense fortification located at the Narrows in New York Harbor, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.
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Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a historic U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York, guarding the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
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Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a 19th-century British coastal artillery fort in Hamilton, Bermuda, built to defend the harbor and now preserved as a historic site and tourist attraction.
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Fort Jay
Fort Jay is a historic coastal fortification on Governors Island in New York Harbor, notable for its star-shaped design and long military service from the early 19th century through the Cold War.
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Fort Orange
Fort Orange was a 17th-century Dutch fur-trading post and military fortification located near present-day Albany, New York, that served as a key outpost of the colony of New Netherland.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: Harbor defenses of New York Description of subject: The Harbor defenses of New York were a network of coastal fortifications, batteries, and military installations designed to protect New York Harbor from naval attack, especially during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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New York Harbor historic military landscape
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New York Harbor defenses
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Harbor Defenses of New York
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New York Harbor defenses
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New York Harbor defenses
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