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Mount Anthony Towers and the Robinson Legacy in Bennington
For 18 years three wind ruined observatories crowned Mount Anthony near Bennington Centre. George Wadsworth Robinson led fund raising, built three octagonal towers between 1864 and 1882, faced windstorms and limited profit, and finally shifted focus to history and the Battle of Bennington, with the Battle Monument later rising as a rival attraction.
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Troy
George Robinson
Bennington Centre
New York
Europe
Mount Anthony
Bennington
George Wadsworth Robinson
Gov
Hiland Hall
North Bennington
Robinson
Walloomsac
Elijah Fassett
Alden Partridge
New England
Fairdale Farms
Pownal
Mount Anthony Observatory Association
Trenor Park
New York City
Patrick Congdon
Neptune Iron Works
Congdon
Giles Jewett
Jewett
L. M. Holton
Tower Company
Vanderlig
Manchester
Servation
George W. Robinson
Hinsdillville
William Hart
Brooklyn
Martha Ryan
Beers Atlas
Bennington County
Observatory Association
Ryan
Wilbur
University of Vermont
Barbara Lewis
Petersburg
N.Y
Saratoga
Ballston Spa
Visitors’ Register
Mt. Anthony Seminary
Gates
Mt. Anthony
E. L. Nichols
Monument Avenue
Sloane
Battle Monument
General David Robinson
James C. Colgate
Mount Anthony’s Observatory
Moses
Mt. Pisgah
Old Mansfield
Bunkard
Boston
Hudson
Notus
Bennington Battle Monument