The Great Chain

[jon-nyc]

Constructed by the Continental Army to stop British war ships from going up the Hudson. It was strung across the river near West Point.

Each link weighed between 140-180 lbs, the entire chain weighed some 65 tons.

13 original links can be seen on the grounds of the West Point museum.

[jon-nyc]

More here.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_Chains

[taiwan_girl]

Mildly intersting. LOL

(Actually, quite interesting.)

[jon-nyc]

Yeah, I thought it deserved its own thread.

I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never been to the West Point Museum. As you can imagine it has some pretty awesome exhibits.

The description of one hall:

Here the visitor can see the armor of colonial militiamen, the muddy jungle fatigues of the Vietnam "grunt," the British drum surrendered at Saratoga, General George Washington's pistols, field glasses used by General G.K. Warren at Gettysburg and the last message sent by Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

[jon-nyc]

“The diverse weapons collections dates to ancient days and includes historic pieces belonging to such figures as George Washington, Napoleon I, John Pershing, Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton and Adolph Hitler.”

[taiwan_girl]

Seems like that would be a pretty cool place to visit.

[Jolly]

Duty. Honor. Country.

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in The Great Chain:

More here.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_Chains

Thanks for the LINK

[Mik]

I expect the chain worked pretty well.

[jon-nyc]

The British knew it was there and never attempted to breach it.