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Al Cavalari (theflagguys) > View looking back down the vally from about a fourth of the way up.
Al Cavalari (theflagguys) > View of the left side of the valley. Note the stone retaining wall, the ruins of which are in the next photo. This from http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/foundry/foundry.html " The foundry in 1860 consisted of a "moulding house; a gun foundry; three cupolas and three air furnaces; two boring mills; three blacksmiths' shops; a trip-hammer weighing eight tons for heavy wrought-iron work; a turning shop; a boiler shop; and several other buildings used for various purposes."* 500, and sometimes 700 men were employed there during the 1860s, when the "Parrot Gun" was manufactured in great quantities. The gun, actually a rifled cannon, shot farther and more accurately than any other weapon at that time, and is credited for helping the Union Army win the Civil War. "
Al Cavalari (theflagguys) > The left side of the valley has extensive retaining walls................
Al Cavalari (theflagguys) > Cold Spring Foundry photo
Al Cavalari (theflagguys) > Cold Spring Foundry photo
Al Cavalari (theflagguys) > Cold Spring Foundry photo
Al Cavalari (theflagguys) > Cold Spring Foundry photo
Al Cavalari (theflagguys) > Cold Spring Foundry photo
Al Cavalari (theflagguys) > Our guide likened the West Point Foundry as a kind of Manhattan Project of its day. It involved cutting edge secret techology of critical military importance and it was a massive investment in the North's ability to prosecute the war. Lincoln visited it.
View looking back down the vally from about a fourth of the way up.
> View looking back down the vally from about a fourth of the way up.
View looking back down the vally from about a fourth of the way up.
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