Castle Clinton, Battery Park, Manhattan, New York, USA
CASTLE CLINTON NATIONAL MONUMENT
Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton, once known as Castle Garden, is a circular sandstone fort now located in Battery Park, in Manhattan, New York City. It is perhaps best remembered as America’s first immigration station (predating Ellis Island), where more than 8 million people arrived in the U.S. from 1855 to 1890. Over its active life,
it has also functioned as a beer garden, exhibition hall, theater, public aquarium, and finally today as a national monument.
Castle Clinton stands approximately two blocks west of where Fort Amsterdam was built in 1626, when New York City was known by the Dutch name New Amsterdam. Construction began in 1808 and was completed in 1811. The fort, known as West Battery (sometimes Southwest Battery), was designed by architects John McComb, Jr. and Jonathan Williams. It was built on a small artificial island just off shore.
West Battery was intended to complement the three-tiered Castle Williams on Governors Island, which was East Battery, to defend New York City from British forces in the tensions that marked the run-up to the War of 1812, but it never saw action in that or any war. Subsequent landfill expanded Battery Park, and the fort was incorporated into the mainland of Manhattan Island.
As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, Castle Clinton National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (October 15, 1966).
Triangles 2702 (LOD 239)
Materials 169
Textures 2048 x 2048 (LOD 512 x 512)
Type Park
Footprint 11 x 10
Cost $50,000
Maintanence $1,210
Power use 13
Water use 20
3 guest hangouts
Standard and fixed lighting
Tru-Shine windows
After Dark NOT required
Any dependancies are for looks only
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