#castlewilliams

🏰 Cᥲstᥣᥱ Wιᥣᥣιᥲms- Govᥱrᥒors Isᥣᥲᥒd 🏰. . 📍#facts . English (Spanish below) ———————————————————— ✔️ Castle Williams is a circular defensive work of red sandstone on the west point of Governors Island in New York Harbor. . ◾️ It was designed and erected between 1807 and 1811, designed by the Chief Engineer of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Col. Jonathan Williams, for whom the fort is named, and considered a prototype for new forms of coastal fortification. . 🗽 The castle was one component of a larger defensive system for the inner harbor that included Fort Jay and the South Battery on Governors Island, Castle Clinton at the tip of Manhattan, Fort Gibson at Ellis Island (then Oyster Island), and Fort Wood, which is now the base of Liberty Enlightening the World at Liberty Island. . ⚓️ The castle was remodeled by the US Army for use as a prison in various forms during the Civil War and through the first half of the 20th century. . 🇺🇸 Castle Williams was individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1972. . Spanish ———————————————————— ✔️ Castle Williams es un trabajo defensivo circular de arenisca roja en el punto oeste de Governors Island en el puerto de Nueva York. . ◾️ Fue diseñado y erigido entre 1807 y 1811, diseñado por el Ingeniero Jefe del Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército de los EE. UU., Teniente Coronel Jonathan Williams, para quien se nombra el fuerte, y considerado un prototipo de nuevas formas de fortificación costera. . 🗽 El castillo era un componente de un sistema defensivo más grande para el puerto interior que incluía Fort Jay y South Battery en Governors Island, Castle Clinton en la punta de Manhattan, Fort Gibson en Ellis Island (luego Oyster Island) y Fort Wood, que ahora es la base de Liberty Enlightening the World en Liberty Island. . ⚓️ El castillo fue remodelado por el ejército de los EE. UU. para su uso como prisión en varias formas durante la Guerra Civil y durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. . 🇺🇸 Castle Williams fue incluido individualmente en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos el 31 de julio de 1972. . #castle #castlewilliams #castles #nybucketlist #blackandwhite #history #war #wanderlust (at Castle Williams) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ckQCtBb3L/?igshid=fiqybxpumrux

Castle Williams from Clipper City, or Revisiting Memories of a Day Out at Sea ============================== (Made aboard @clippercity with #sonyrx10ii & #splitfielddiopter; color graded in #photoshop) #castlewilliams #govenorsisland #nyc #iloveny #sailing #boating #fromthesea #flashback #sonyimages #colorgrading (at Upper New York Bay)

When visiting New York City on your 30 Plus Teams Tour, visit Castle Williams at Governor's Island. This fort was built to defend New York harbor from the British during the War of 1812.

Please come with a huge bolt cutter.

The days grow longer and the nights grow colder.

Had way too much fun at the hula hoop stop and they took us away.

A strange blue box appeared and a man with a fez ran out.