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New York Harbor Defenses Stand Strong Against Attacking Fleets
The article outlines a comprehensive, layered coastal defense for New York City. It describes fortifications at Sandy Hook Fort Hamilton Fort Wadsworth and other batteries plus submerged mines and fire-control systems enabling rapid targeting and heavy bombardment to deter or defeat an enemy fleet entering through Gedney's Channel or the Narrows. It argues the city cannot be taken by sea alone and would require a landing by troops at an unprotected point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Sandy Hook
Wadsworth
Lower Harbor
New York
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Hamilton
Gedney's Channel
Fort Hancock
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Plum J Island
Long Island Sound
Ocean
Gedney
Hook
Gedney’s
Broadway
Narrows
Sandy
Narragansett Bay
Fisher’s Island
Napatree Point
Watch Hill
Rhode Island
Fisher’s Island Sound
Little Gull Island
Fisher's Island
Narragansett
City of
Little Gull
Sound
David's Island
Fort Totten
Willet’s Point
Fort Schuyler
Throg's Neck