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Manhattan (New York, United States) (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain
Hudson River chain.
The obstruction of the Hudson River, to prevent British vessels passing up during the Revolutionary War, and thus defeat the ministerial project for dividing the Union, occupied much of the attention of the patriots.
First there were vessels sunk, and a sort of chevaux-de-frise constructed in the channel between Fort Washington, on Manhattan Island, and the Palisades.
Great chain and mortars.
Chevaux-de-frise were placed in the channel between Pollopel's Island and the western shore of the river, just above the upper entrance to the Highlands.
A chain and boom were stretched across the river from Anthony's Nose to Fort Montgomery, at the lower entrance to the Highlands.
In the spring of 1778 the most notable of all these obstructions, a heavy chain supported by huge logs, was stretched across the Hudson from West Point to Constitution Island, opposite.
It was constructed at the Stirling Iron Works, in Warwick, Orange co., by Peter Townsend, under the
Pollopel's Island (New York, United States) (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain
Hudson River chain.
The obstruction of the Hudson River, to prevent British vessels passing up during the Revolutionary War, and thus defeat the ministerial project for dividing the Union, occupied much of the attention of the patriots.
First there were vessels sunk, and a sort of chevaux-de-frise constructed in the channel between Fort Washington, on Manhattan Island, and the Palisades.
Great chain and mortars.
Chevaux-de-frise were placed in the channel between Pollopel's Island and the western shore of the river, just above the upper entrance to the Highlands.
A chain and boom were stretched across the river from Anthony's Nose to Fort Montgomery, at the lower entrance to the Highlands.
In the spring of 1778 the most notable of all these obstructions, a heavy chain supported by huge logs, was stretched across the Hudson from West Point to Constitution Island, opposite.
It was constructed at the Stirling Iron Works, in Warwick, Orange co., by Peter Townsend, under th
Hudson River (United States) (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain
Hudson River chain.
The obstruction of the Hudson River, to prevent British vessels passing up during the Revolutionary War, and thus defeat the ministerial project for dividing the Union, occupied much of the attention of the patriots.
First there were vessels sunk, and a sort of chevaux-de-frise constructed in the channel between Fort Washington, on Manhattan Island, and the Palisades.
Great chain and mortars.
Chevaux-de-frise were placed in the channel between Pollopel's Island aHudson River, to prevent British vessels passing up during the Revolutionary War, and thus defeat the ministerial project for dividing the Union, occupied much of the attention of the patriots.
First there were vessels sunk, and a sort of chevaux-de-frise constructed in the channel between Fort Washington, on Manhattan Island, and the Palisades.
Great chain and mortars.
Chevaux-de-frise were placed in the channel between Pollopel's Island and the western shore of the river, just above the upper entrance to the Highlands.
A chain and boom were stretched across the river from Anthony's Nose to Fort Montgomery, at the lower entrance to the Highlands.
In the spring of 1778 the most notable of all these obstructions, a heavy chain supported by huge logs, was stretched across the Hudson from West Point to Constitution Island, opposite.
It was constructed at the Stirling Iron Works, in Warwick, Orange co., by Peter Townsend, under the
Constitution Island (New York, United States) (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain
West Point (New York, United States) (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain
Fort Montgomery (New York, United States) (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain
Warwick, Orange County, New York (New York, United States) (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain
Peter Townsend (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain
Henry B. Anthony (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain
Benedict Arnold (search for this): entry hudson-river-chain