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West Point, from Above Washington Valley, Looking Down the River – Antique Wall Art

West Point, from Above Washington Valley, Looking Down the River — historic image
West Point, from Above Washington Valley, Looking Down the River. Historic image from the New York City collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of West Point, from Above Washington Valley, Looking Down the River. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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West Point, from Above Washington Valley, Looking Down the River

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West Point sits on a high bend of the Hudson River about 50 miles north of Manhattan, and this view looks down the river from above the Washington Valley, letting the eye follow the water through the hills toward the south. The fort's strategic position made it one of the most important defensive points in the Revolutionary War, since whoever controlled the bend could block British traffic between New York City and Canada. Views like this one were popular in the 19th century, when travelers came up the Hudson by steamboat to admire its scenery and the historic sites along its banks. The United States Military Academy, founded at West Point in 1802, later grew up on the same ground.

Original scan8,806 × 6,476 px · prints to 29 × 22 in at 300 dpi
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