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Fort Schuyler por Hobo Matt

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Schuyler" rel="nofollow">Fort Schuyler</a>, at right, is a pentagonal stone fort built in the mid-19th century at the tip of the narrow <a href="http://imjustwalkin.com/2012/06/14/throggs-neck/" rel="nofollow">Throg(g)s Neck peninsula</a> in the Bronx, where the East River meets Long Island Sound. Along with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Totten_(Queens)" rel="nofollow">Fort Totten</a> across the water in Queens, Fort Schuyler was positioned to defend the entrance to the East River against enemy naval forces trying to reach New York Harbor. Check out this <a href="http://www.marinelink.com/images/maritime/aerial_cityclose1-22168.jpg" rel="nofollow">awesome aerial view</a>, and this <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8011444,-73.796559,14z" rel="nofollow">more pragmatic map</a>, to get a sense of the area's geography. The fort never saw any combat, but it was quite <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/20thnyva/fhistory2.html" rel="nofollow">active during the Civil War</a>, when troops were trained here and a hospital and prison opened on the grounds. By the 1910s, however, the fort was considered obsolete, and the Army finally decided to abandon it <a href="http://www.sunymaritime.edu/stephenblucelibrary/pdfs/Seeking a Safe Harbor.pdf#page=7" rel="nofollow">around 1931</a>. After a <a href="http://www.sunymaritime.edu/stephenblucelibrary/pdfs/Seeking a Safe Harbor.pdf#page=4" rel="nofollow">lengthy reconstruction</a> by the federal Works Progress Administration, the property was dedicated as the new home of the New York State Merchant Marine Academy (now <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_University_of_New_York_Maritime_College" rel="nofollow">SUNY Maritime College</a>) in 1938, and it still serves as the school's campus today. In addition to the conventional college buildings found here (<a href="http://imjustwalkin.com/docs/suny_maritime_campus_map.pdf" rel="nofollow">campus map</a>), the fort itself has actually been converted into academic space. It contains <a href="http://www.sunymaritime.edu/stephenblucelibrary/directorswelcome.html" rel="nofollow">a library</a> and the expansive <a href="http://www.maritimeindustrymuseum.org/about.htm" rel="nofollow">Maritime Industry Museum</a>, as well as classrooms and offices — a pretty impressive reuse of an old 19th-century fortification!
Fort Schuyler é uma atração turística, um dos Fortificações no Nova Iorque , Estados Unidos . Ele está localizado: 16 km Great Neck a partir de, 17 km Douglaston a partir de, 451 km Filadélfia a partir de. Leia mais
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