Governors Island and Fort Jay - New York City Photo Gallery by Lionel Yearwood at pbase.com

Governors Island and Fort Jay - New York City

Governors Island lies just eight hundred yards off the southern tip of Manhattan, at the confluence of the Hudson and East Rivers in New York Harbor.
Fort Jay is the coastal star fort and the name of the former Army Post (notice its star shape) that was located on Governors Island.
It opened in 1808 and was built to defend Upper New York Bay. Castle Williams is the circular fortification on the northwest point of Governors Island,
part of a system of forts constructed in the early 19th century to protect NYC from a naval attack. It opened in 1811.
In 1964 the United States Army closed its First Army Headquarters there and turned it over to the US Coast Guard who used it until 1996.
It was subsequently turned over to the now present National Park Service.
The cost of a round trip ticket is only $3.00 (adult) or Free (military veterans and seniors).

Governors Island in New York Harbor	Governors Island	Governors Island Layout	Governors Island Dock
Governors Island	Welcome to Governors Island	Purchase of Governors Island	Governors Island Purchase Commemoration
Governors Island National Historic Landmark designation	North part of Governors Island	View of Governors Island looking North	View of Governors Island Looking South
Castle Williams and Fort Jay	Castle Williams	View of Fort Jay and Castle Williams	Castle Williams
Castle Williams	Castle Williams	Castle Williams Entrance	Model of Castle Williams
Model of Castle Williams
	Model of Castle Williams		Inside Castle Williams
Large information Poster inside Castle Williams			Fort Jay
	Entrance to Fort Jay	Saving the Eagle	Saving the Eagle
Saving the Eagle	Saving the Eagle	Fort Jay military housing	Star Section of Fort Jay complex
10� Rodman Guns protecting New York Harbor	10� Rodman Gun protecting New York Harbor		Rodman Gun
Governors Island - southern part	Governors Island - northern part	Lower Manhattan view from Governors Island	View of the lower Manhattan skyline from Fort Jay - 1963
US Army Band practicing and Lower Manhattan skyline in the background - 1963	Statue of Liberty viewed from Governors Island	Ellis Island	Fort Jay and Lower Manhattan in the background
Castle Williams, Colonels Row, and Liggett Arch	This view of New York harbor shows Governors Island with Fort Jay and Castle Williams, The Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island	New York National Monuments

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