Fort Wadsworth (N.Y.)
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Name (Hebrew)
פורט וודסוורת' (ניו יורק)
Name (Latin)
Fort Wadsworth (N.Y.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Fort Wadsworth
Wadsworth, Fort (N.Y.)
Coordinates
-74.05416667 -74.05416667 40.60527778 40.60527778 (gooearth )
W0740346 W0740346 N0403632 N0403632 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Encycl. hist. forts, 1988; p. 587, etc.(Fort Wadsworth; area on Staten Island occupied by British until end of Revol.; after the war in 1783 area became known as Fort Richmond (at the edge of the narrows); by 1808 this was one garrison of four protecting the Signal Hill area; conditions deteriorated after the war but site later reconstructed under name Battery Weed; in 1902 name designated as Fort Wadsworth)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 40°36ʹ32ʺN 074°03ʹ46ʺW)
- United States. Dept. of the Army.Chapel activities specialist, 1979 (x-ref) p. iii (U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School, Fort Wadsworth, SI, NY)
- Rand McNally comm. atlas & market. guide, 1975:under New York (Fort Wadsworth (U.S. Army); mail, Staten Island)