It is easier to defend with water all around it.
Fort Wood is on Liberty Island. With Fort Gibson is on Ellis Island.
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The original Ellis Island facility built in 1892 was made almost entirely of Georgia Pine. Although the rosin was removed from the 400 ft. long floor, this oily flammable sap remained in the walls. The building was a tinderbox and burned in less than two hours in the early morning hours of June 15th 1897.
The,fort of Jamestown was built from local wood they chopped down.
The pedestal was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in 1881. It fits inside the structure of Fort Wood, a disused army base on Bedloe's Island constructed between 1807 and 1811. The fort itself was built in the shape of an eleven-point star.
It was located near the mouth of Mobile Bay in Alabama. It was of earth and wood, and only lasted about 6 years. A larger masonry fort was built on its location.
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Fort Wood National Monument was created in 1924.
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Wood Island is an island that is part of Maine.