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The first fortifications of Fortress West Point were built on the island across the river. In 1775, Patriot Bernard Romans, a Dutch engineer, began building a Grand Bastion on Martelaer’s Rock, later renamed Constitution Island. Poorly sited, the bastion was never completed, although four batteries and three redoubts were eventually built. The island was important to the defense of the river and the Great Chain.
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West Point, New York · United States
