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MILITARY RAILROADS
OF THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN
AREA:
FORT
HAMILTON
Brooklyn, NY
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Fort Hamilton
is located at the entrance to the Verrazano Narrows, overlooking Lower New
York Bay; and out of all the other Forts mentioned here, Fort Hamilton is
the only one still active (albeit as headquarters to several commands, not
as an artillery base).
Fort Hamilton was organized in 1825, with completion in 1831, and was another Coastal Defense installation. Several famous American military personnel were stationed here, those being: Captain Robert E. Lee; who would serve as post engineer 1841-1846, and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Abner Doubleday who would be Post Commander in 1861.
Fort Hamilton worked in cooperation with Forts Wadsworth, Tilden and Hancock in the defense of the entrance to New York Bay:
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Like the other military installations mentioned having locomotives here, nothing can be found regarding a railway on the premises. Yet once again; one can only hypothesize about the use of a railway in the Fort: it in all likelihood had built to haul munitions from bunkers to the artillery batteries.
The unusual entries here, are that the Fort Hamilton locomotive was of 0-4-2 wheel arrangement, while all other military engines on this website were of 0-4-0 wheel arrangement. The author is left wondering why the need for a trailing pony truck...
Also, H. K Porter records show this locomotive was delivered "care of G. W. Kuehule, assistant engineer, Fort Hamilton".
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Fort Hamilton Steam Locomotive
Roster
builder |
c/n |
build date |
gauge |
wheel arrangement |
wheel dia |
cylinders |
acquired |
number / name |
disposition |
notes |
ref |
| H. K. Porter | 1986 | 3/1899 | 36" | 0-4-2 | 7" x 12" | new | c/o G. W Kuehule Asst. Eng. |
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| Brooklyn Navy Yard | Brooklyn Army Terminal | Fleet Supply Base | Fort Hamilton | Governors Island |
| Fort Tilden | Fort Wadsworth | Fort Schuyler | Fort Terry | Fort Hancock (NJ) |
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