. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. Newport. From the foregoingdescription of the worksexisting in 1820, it willbe seen that the boardof engineers consideredthose at Brentons Point,the Dumplings, and onRose Island as almostworthless; while thoseat North Point and onGoat Island would sufficefor interior defense whencovered by new channelfortifications. For the Dumplings,where the United Statesowns nearly seven acresof land, the board of en-gineers submitted a proj-ect, designed by GeneralBernard, for a very largeand costly work. Acrossthe Point, extending fromshore to sho
. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. Newport. From the foregoingdescription of the worksexisting in 1820, it willbe seen that the boardof engineers consideredthose at Brentons Point,the Dumplings, and onRose Island as almostworthless; while thoseat North Point and onGoat Island would sufficefor interior defense whencovered by new channelfortifications. For the Dumplings,where the United Statesowns nearly seven acresof land, the board of en-gineers submitted a proj-ect, designed by GeneralBernard, for a very largeand costly work. Acrossthe Point, extending fromshore to shore, was to bea strong line of three bas-tioned fronts, with twoadvanced redoubts occu-pying higher elevations ;and within this inclosing line were to be ten heavy batteries, along therocky shore, to fire seaward upon ships endeavoring to force a passagethrough the channel. The entire armament of the work was to be threehundred and eighty-six pieces of artillery of all calibers. This work,never commenced, would be entirely unsuited to the present require-. rORT HAMILTON, ROSE 1S-LAND,Built in 1708=1800. Seals o/°plcc72. J =JJ0
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