I got a chance to take a rare tour of the Cold Spring Foundry on the east bank of the Hudson River a bit north of West Point. The tour was given by the head archaeologist working on the project there. This shot is from the flats that form the river front and lead to the gorge which was the foundry site. Out in the brush there was a test site set up during the Civil War which tested ordnance and guns by firing into the mountain across the river....For further info see //www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/foundry/foundry.html

I got a chance to take a rare tour of the Cold Spring Foundry on the east bank of the Hudson River a bit north of West Point. The tour was given by the head archaeologist working on the project there. This shot is from the flats that form the river front and lead to the gorge which was the foundry site. Out in the brush there was a test site set up during the Civil War which tested ordnance and guns by firing into the mountain across the river....For further info see //www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/foundry/foundry.html