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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1224_original-embrasure_West-Point-NY.html
In this location in 1974, archeologists uncovered what appeared to be an original embrasure (an opening in the parapet to permit the firing of cannon). Excavations also revealed evidence of earlier walls or stone supports for gun platforms. This e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1223_bronze-field-guns_West-Point-NY.html
Replicas of two English 6 pounder guns and one French 4 pounder gun are mounted on field carriages and in place along the north and west wall. Field guns could be moved to cover a larger field of fire. These and other cannon and mortars were place…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1222_artillery-blind_West-Point-NY.html
This stone structure was probably an artillery blind or epaulment (a breastwork to cover troops in front and sometimes in flank) constructed in 1794 to protect gunners from fire from redoubt 4 on Rocky Hill just west and above Fort Putnam. This ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1220_cannon_West-Point-NY.html
Cannon displayed along the southeast parapet are replicas of original garrison 12 and 18 pounder muzzleloading cannon reported in the fort in 1780. Although capable of firing up to 2,000 yards (the river shoreline is between 900 and 1,400 yards fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121V_artillery-and-mortars_West-Point-NY.html
The artillery and mortars in Fort Putnam are reproductions of pieces which were in the fort in September 1780. All fourteen pieces were manufactured through the generosity of the Class of 1952, United States Military Academy, 1974-1976.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121O_casemates_West-Point-NY.html
Constructed in 1794 after the American Revolution, these casemates were probably intended as living quarters for soldiers, storage areas, and possibly as cells for prisoners. A casemate is defined as an armored compartment or bombproof built under…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121I_archeology-1974_West-Point-NY.html
In 1974, archeologists from Temple University excavated this general area. They found evidence of a partially completed building, building supplies and traces of earlier walls, as well as smaller artifacts, including three cannon balls. The archeo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121G_mclean-historical-museum-building_West-Point-NY.html
Constructed in 1975 on top of a 1909 structure, the McLean Historical Museum Building was modeled after the Revolutionary War officer's hut and "The Temple" located at the New Windsor Cantonment (12 miles north of West Point) and designed as a typ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121C_constitution-island_West-Point-NY.html
The first location of fortifications in Fortress West Point was on the island across the river. Patriot Bernard Romans, Dutch engineer, began building a Grand Bastion on Martelaer's Rock (renamed Constitution Island) in 1775. Poorly sited, it was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1218_constitution-island-redoubts_West-Point-NY.html
Redoubts 5, 6 and 7 were built between 1776 and 1779 to protect Constitution Island batteries and overland approaches. Redoubt 5 (on high ground to right of Warner House) was built in 1779 to protect the island's eastern side and back of Gravel Hi…