Images database -
Browsing Subjects - 'Fortifications - General'
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Title | At Queenston Heights Canada |
Alternate Title
| Ruins of William Lyon Mackenzie's Printing House at Queenston |
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Collection
| Francis J. Petrie Collection |
| Postcard Collection |
Description
| Site of an earthwork fortification used during the War of 1812 ; site on a grassy knoll is marked by the words "Fort Drummond" laid out in what appears to be bricks ; many mature trees surround the site of the fortification ; |
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D423281 |
Black and white postcard |
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D423281A |
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D423281B |
Sepia tone postcard |
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D423281C |
Sepia tone postcard |
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D423281D |
Sepia tone postcard |
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Title | British Fort |
Collection
| Francis J. Petrie Collection |
| General Photograph Collection |
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D415016 |
Black and white photograph |
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Title | Official guide to Niagara - the Old Stone Chimney built 1750 |
Description
| Black & white scan from book ; |
Notes
| Scan from the book Official Guide Niagara Falls, River. Electric, Historic, Geologic, Hydraulic by Peter A. Porter with illustrations by Charles D Arnold published 1901 ; "...stands an old stone chimney, the oldest bit of perfect masonry on the frontier, if not in all of Western New York. It was attached to the barracks which the French built for Fort Little Niagara, and was also attached to the mess house which the English built in connection with Fort Schlosser" ; |
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| 1901. |
Collection
| Niagara Falls Public Library Local History Collection |
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D11913 |
Scan from book |
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Title | Raid on Fort Schlosser Plaque |
Collection
| Francis J. Petrie Collection |
| General Photograph Collection |
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D417251 |
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