This specific castle looking building, placed on
Pollepel Island is merely 50 miles northern of New York, on the Hudson River. I said castle looking as it isn't even a castle. In the photos you will find listed below are the remains of the forgotten army excess storage facility created by Francis
Bannerman.
Bannerman had found its way to America in 1854. An immigrant coming from Scotland, he had grown up hugely wealthy from reselling army excess. The Spanish-American war of 1898 has been especially beneficial to
Bannerman because he managed to obtain almost all of the Spanish army gear left behind in their escape from Cuba.
Nevertheless, his storage facility in the center of New York happen to be too unsafe location to store that quantity of equipment. He started his hunt for area where he might possibly construct his fresh storage facility. The island, six acres of rock plus a 1000 ft from the coast of the Hudson, ended up being ideal for his projects.
Bannerman purchased the island in 1900. The building is clearly noticeable from the coast and
Bannerman directed the constructors to place a "
Bannerman's Island Arsenal" into the wall that confronted coast.
Right after his death in 1918, the island encountered a number of accidents. Lightning was seen to strike the flagpoles. After that, two hundred pounds of powder along with shells exploded, wiping out about half the building. Afterward, a huge storm on the Hudson made a freighter, the Pollepel, to explode and crash into the island additionally destroying the building.
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