Fort Tompkins

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Fort Tompkins is a historic coastal defense fortification on Staten Island, New York, that formed part of the harbor defenses of New York City.

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Fort Tompkins canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century fort ⓘ
coastal fortification ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedWith Battery Weed ⓘ
Fort Hamilton ⓘ
Fort Lafayette ⓘ
Fort Richmond ⓘ
builtFor defense of New York Harbor ⓘ
category Coastal fortifications of the United States ⓘ
Forts on Staten Island ⓘ
Military history of New York City ⓘ
constructionMaterial masonry ⓘ
stone ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse historic attraction ⓘ
public park area ⓘ
Daniel D. Tompkins was Governor of New York ⓘ
was U.S. Vice President ⓘ
faces Lower New York Bay ⓘ
garrisonedBy United States Army ⓘ
hasFeature bastion-like walls ⓘ
multi-tiered gun emplacements ⓘ
parade ground ⓘ
hasFunction coastal defense ⓘ
harbor defense ⓘ
hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Brooklyn ⓘ
New York Harbor ⓘ
heritageDesignation listed contributing property within a historic military site ⓘ
locatedIn Fort Wadsworth ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York

Staten Island ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedOn north shore of Staten Island ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
namedAfter Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
near Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
overlooks The Narrows ⓘ
partOf Gateway National Recreation Area ⓘ
Harbor Defenses of New York ⓘ
Staten Island Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area ⓘ
status decommissioned military fort ⓘ
usedDuring American Civil War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Wadsworth → hasPart → Fort Tompkins ⓘ
Harbor defenses of New York → hasPart → Fort Tompkins ⓘ
Fort Richmond → adjacentTo → Fort Tompkins ⓘ