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  Fort Hamilton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Hamilton is a United States military base located in Brooklyn, New York.
The garrison was greatly increased during the Civil War, where the fort was responsible for protecting the harbor from Confederate raids and providing troops to put down the draft riots of 1863.
Fort Hamilton was not named for Alexander Hamilton until the 20th Century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Hamilton   (285 words)

  
 Ohio History Central - Historic Indian - Places - Fort Hamilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fort Hamilton served as a supply depot for American expeditions against natives living along the Great Miami River, the Auglaize River, and the Maumee River during the early 1790s.
Fort Hamilton consisted of a four-sided, square stockade.
Fort Hamilton continued to serve as an important garrison as white Americans and Native Americans struggled for control of western Ohio.
www.ohiohistorycentral.org /ohc/history/h_indian/places/fhamilt.shtml   (304 words)

  
 Fort Hamilton Timeline
On June 11, 1825 the cornerstone was laid on for Fort Hamilton.
Construction of the Verrazano Bridge required the destruction of Fort Hamilton's parade ground and most of her turn of the century brick barracks.
Fort Hamilton is the U.S. Army's ambassador to the New York City serving 5000 full time active duty personnel, 126 Army Reserve units, 100,000 military retirees and numerous Department of the Defense agencies throughout the greater New York City metropolitan area.
www.harbordefensemuseum.com /timeline.htm   (425 words)

  
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Fort Hamilton, N.Y., is among the oldest and most historic installations of the U.S. Army.
During the Civil War, the Union used Fort Hamilton to train volunteer regiments and to defend the harbor, placing barrier chains and floats across the Narrows and installing there the biggest muzzle-loading cannon ever cast in the United States.
In 1975, Fort Hamilton and its subinstallations (Fort Totten and Belmore) were designated New York Area Command and Fort Hamilton, and came under Fort Dix, N.J. In October 1997, Fort Hamilton joined the U.S. Army Military District of Washington because of the similarity of its mission with that of MDW's.
www.mdw.army.mil /hamilton/hamhist.htm   (699 words)

  
 Welcome to Fort Hamilton
Without ever firing a shot, a new generation of forts at the Narrows held the British fleet at bay during the war of 1812 and perhaps saved New York City from the fate of the nation's capital, which was burned by the invaders.
Though references to the structure as "Fort Hamilton" occur as early as 1826, it was not officially named for the first Secretary of the Treasury until the 20th century.
Fort Hamilton is located on the southwestern tip of Brooklyn, New York, at the base of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.
www.nad.usace.army.mil /fh.htm   (1665 words)

  
 Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Hamilton is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.
Notable locations include the St. John's Episcopal Church on Fort Hamilton Parkway, St. Patrick's Church on 4th Avenue, and John Paul Jones Park at 4th Avenue and 101st Street.
Fort Hamilton is where the Brooklyn end of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge terminates, with the entrance/exit on 92nd Street.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Hamilton,_Brooklyn   (216 words)

  
 Installation Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Without ever firing a shot a new generation of forts at the Narrows held the British fleet at bay during the war of 1812 and perhaps saved New York City from the fate of the nation's carital, buried by the invaders.
Though references to the structure as "Fort Hamilton" occurs easly as 1826, it wasn't officially named for the first Secretary of the Treasury until the 20th century.
Fort Hamilton's ACS is wonderful resouce to tap into because they can provide you with an array of information about New York City, Fort Hamilton, schools, medical care, relocation, subways, bus maps and more.
miltnews.com /InstallationGuides/InstallationDetails?lb_installation_code=3625   (1332 words)

  
 Fort Hamilton Homes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fort Hamilton provides effective and efficient management of installation programs and services for the mission commanders, uniformed service members and their families, retirees and the civilian workforce in the New York metropolitan area.
Historic Fort Hamilton is located in the south western corner of Brooklyn, New York surrounded by the communities of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst.
The cornerstone of this coastal defense fort was set in 1825 and the first garrison flag was raised in 1831.
www.forthamiltonfamilyhousing.com /aboutus.htm   (242 words)

  
 Military District of Washington - News: Digital mapmakers change Fort Hamilton's perspective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Currently, Fort Hamilton has approximately 90 percent of all their newly installed main gas and water lines converted into a GIS format and 60 percent of storm and sewer lines.
Fort Hamilton is looking ahead to broadening access to GIS data, allowing password access to general information and simple maps on the Intranet.
One of Fort Hamilton's goals with GIS is to tap into the New York Police and Fire dispatch services to ensure faster response to emergencies on post.
www.mdw.army.mil /news/Digital_mapmakers_change_Fort_Hamiltons_perspective.html   (1078 words)

  
 Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, extending from Sixty-seventh Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway to the Narrows, is a spacious and uncrowded residential district.
John's Church (Episcopal), Ninety-ninth Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway, founded in 1834, is known as the "Church of the Generals" because it was attended by various military leaders from Fort Hamilton.
Fort Hamilton, foot of Fort Hamilton Parkway, commands the Narrows, entrance to Upper New York Bay, together with Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island.
www.brooklyn.net /neighborhoods/bay_ridge.html   (516 words)

  
 Government Executive Magazine - 6/1/02 The Battle Of Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton officials wanted a utility company that would not only maintain and operate the base’s utility plants, but buy them from the government.
Also, a number of regulated utility providers were prohibited from operating under the terms of the Fort Hamilton contract, because state regulations specify that they may only provide one type of utility service to a single customer.
But officials at Fort Hamilton bought into a much riskier philosophy pushed by Enron and other unregulated providers—that competition for utilities should be open to the market as a whole.
www.govexec.com /features/0602/0602s2s1.htm   (780 words)

  
 Rent-Direct.com: Brooklyn apartments rentals Fort Hamilton - Bay Ridge
Fort Hamilton Completed in 1831, it was known originally as the Narrows, but was later renamed in honor of Alexander Hamilton.
Without ever firing a shot, this fort at the Narrows held the British fleet at bay during the war of 1812 and perhaps saved New York City from the fate of the nation's capital which was burned by the British.
Fort Hamilton has condo and co-op mid-rise construction along with the usual single-family houses.
www.rent-direct.com /Brooklyn_Apartments/fort_hamilton-bay_ridge.html   (509 words)

  
 Senator Clinton Visits Fort Hamilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"Fort Hamilton is not only important because of the many functions it performs - it is one of the busiest recruitment facilities anywhere in the country — but because is also the home of the Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division and an important VA Hospital facility," Senator Clinton said.
Historic Fort Hamilton is located in the southwestern corner of Brooklyn, New York surrounded by the communities of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst.
Fort Hamilton is a working military base, serving both active duty and guard and reserve units, with a strategic relationship to New York City.
www.senate.gov /~clinton/news/2003/2003922B39.html   (408 words)

  
 Fort Delaware - Alexander James Hamilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Alexander James Hamilton was a Union soldier assigned to duty at Fort Delaware from August 1862 to June 1865.
Hamilton's experience at the fort, characterized by boredom and redundancy, was typical of Union Soldiers at the time.
He was sent directly to Fort Delaware, though there is no mention in his writings of whether or not his brother accompanied him.
www.visitthefort.com /hamilton.html   (1029 words)

  
 Pickett-Hamilton fort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Designed to be manned by two gunners (although in pre-hydraulic operation it took four men four seconds to raise the fort to its operating position), the whole affair was lowered into the ground and accessed by the drain-like hatch in the roof.
The cutaway sketch on the right illustrates the mechanism by which the PH fort is operated.
This particular PH fort is behind hangar "C1", adjacent to the Silloth Lido holiday village.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~rwbarnes/defence/silloth_/phfort-.htm   (257 words)

  
 Hamilton Hospital
Hamilton police said they received a call from the Fort Hamilton Hospital at 1 pm that a child who had been shot in the 100 block of Washington Street had been...
Fort Hamilton Hospital said it has installed an imaging system that will allow images to be stored, retrieved, transported and displayed throughout the hospital...
From the Hamilton hospital room where she and her family were taken to see her son's body, she wrote "I saw the sun come up, Allen didn't," and went on to...
hospitals.cancer-help.org /Hamilton_Hospital.html   (3528 words)

  
 The Fort Hamilton Hospital Home Page
The Fort Hamilton Hospital is excited to be celebrating its 75th anniversary on May 1, 2004.
Fort Hamilton has a rich heritage as a hospital built by the community, for the community.
We invite you to join in the fun as Fort Hamilton Hospital celebrates its 75th anniversary with a Roaring 20's Party on April 23 and a May 1 community open house.
www.forthamiltonhospital.com   (442 words)

  
 Fort Hamilton Hospital receives $3M gift
HAMILTON - The Fort Hamilton Hospital has received a $3 million gift from Donna and Ralph "Pat" Carruthers to help pay for a planned hospital expansion.
The Carruthers donation kicks off a Fort Hamilton Healthcare Foundation capital campaign to finance the construction, the first such campaign since 1980.
This is the second expansion announced at Fort Hamilton since Mercy Hospital Hamilton was closed.
www.enquirer.com /midday/11/11202003_News_mday_forthamilton20.html   (131 words)

  
 Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton provides service and support to the military personnel in the New York area.
Fort Hamilton is located along the Narrows straights.
Fort Hamilton primarily serves Fort Totten, Fort Wadsworth and Mitchell Field, as well as any other military personnel or installations in the tri-state area.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/fort-hamilton.htm   (799 words)

  
 Artcom Museums Tour: Harbor Defense Museum At Fort Hamilton
The museum is dedicated to the history and evolution of New York City's harbor defenses, beginning with the construction of the earliest earthen forts and concluding with the Nike missile era.
Fort Hamilton’s 20-inch Rodman gun was first tested in 1864, and could fire a 1,080 pound projectile 4.6 miles.
Fort Hamilton’s caponier is probably the nation’s earliest and finest example.
www.artcom.com /Museums/nv/gl/100-d.htm   (551 words)

  
 The Fort Hamilton Hospital: Nursing Excellence Focus of New Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Fort Hamilton Hospital is taking continuous quality improvement to a new level with two bold new initiatives to provide the highest quality of nursing care.
“Fort Hamilton Hospital has scored extremely high on all required accreditation ratings, such as the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and has excellent patient outcomes.
Oswald said Fort Hamilton’s goal is to achieve the status by December of 2005.
www.health-alliance.com /forthamilton/pr_nursingExcellence.html   (903 words)

  
 New York Daily News - City News - Circling wagons at Fort Hamilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Yet Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn is facing closure - a move that would drain $90 million from the neighborhood.
Fort Hamilton, which stands in the shadow of the Verrazano Bridge, could appear on a list of military bases targeted for closure, expected to be released by the Pentagon's Base Realignment and Closure Commission next month.
Fort Hamilton is New York City's only active-duty military installation.
www.nydailynews.com /news/local/story/295986p-253414c.html   (514 words)

  
 Cardiovascular Sevices at Fort Hamilton Hospital
For nearly two decades, the cardio-pulmonary department at The Fort Hamilton Hospital has provided excellent cardiovascular care.
The Fort Hamilton Hospital offers state-of-the-art equipment in all of our labs, and the newest technology in our testing procedures.
The cardiac rehabilitation program at The Fort Hamilton Hospital helps cardiac patients who are recovering from surgery, chest pain, angioplasty and heart attacks.
www.besthearthealth.com /hospitalsFHH.html   (495 words)

  
 Sign Information
Bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and 94th Street, Fort Hamilton Triangle is dedicated to the local soldiers killed in World War I. The park takes its name from nearby Fort Hamilton, one the oldest continuously garrisoned federal military posts.
Named after Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), the distinguished colonial statesman and first Secretary of the Treasury, the base was erected between 1825 and 1831.
The names of those soldiers who trained at Fort Hamilton and served or passed away during World War I are inscribed on the granite shaft.
www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=11368   (477 words)

  
 Professional Radiology Inc :: The Fort Hamilton Hospital
The physicians of Professional Radiology, Inc. practice at The Fort Hamilton Hospital, The Christ Hospital and The Jewish Hospitals, member hospitals of the Health Alliance.
The Fort Hamilton Hospital is located at 630 Eaton Avenue in Hamilton.
The Fort Hamilton Hospital radiology department is located on C-Level at the back of the hospital.
www.professionalradiology.com /about/forthamilton.lasso   (165 words)

  
 Fort Hamilton Bermuda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Situated on a hilltop on the outskirts of Hamilton this pentagonal fort makes a pleasant retreat from the bustle of the city.
It was built in the 1870’s to defend against a possible attack by American forces; it offers spectacular views of the capital and the cruise ships in Hamilton Harbour.
In the 1960’s the fort and its surrounding moat had become a dumping ground.
www.bermuda4u.com /Attractions/bermuda_attractions_fort_hamilton.html   (263 words)

  
 NYCHDC: Press Release Fort Hamilton Ground Breaking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The selection of Fort Hamilton for the Residential Communities Initiative is recognition of its importance to New York City and the nation.”
Fort Hamilton has served and protected the citizens of Brooklyn and New York City for almost 200 years, and today, in these challenging times, we continue to place our trust and confidence in their bravery and dedication.
Fort Hamilton is one of the oldest Army installations in the United States, and currently serves the region’s large retired and reserve communities and is headquarters to one of the Army’s most active recruiting battalions.
www.nychdc.com /pressroom/pr_hamilton.htm   (955 words)

  
 SCHUMER CLINTON: KEY SENATE PANEL APPROVES $7.6 MILLION FOR FORT HAMILTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Washington, DC – Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today that a Senate panel had given preliminary approval for $7.6 million for the military police station at the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn.
There is no other federal installation left in New York City that is as available and as strategically located as Fort Hamilton,”; Senator Clinton said.
“This funding is a true vote of confidence in Fort Hamilton and a demonstration of just how important it is to New York City in the post 9-11 world,” Senator Clinton said.
www.senate.gov /member/ny/schumer/general/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/2004/PR02761.Milconforthamilton071604.pf.html   (293 words)

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