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The Hudson River Chains were a series of chain booms constructed across the Hudson River at West Point by Continental Army forces from 1776 to 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. These served as defenses preventing British naval vessels from sailing upriver and were overseen by the Highlands Department of the Continental Army.

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  • The Hudson River Chains were a series of chain booms constructed across the Hudson River at West Point by Continental Army forces from 1776 to 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. These served as defenses preventing British naval vessels from sailing upriver and were overseen by the Highlands Department of the Continental Army. The first chain was destroyed by British forces in the aftermath of the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery in October 1777. The more significant and successful was the Great Chain, constructed in 1778 and used through war's end in 1782. Two other barriers across the river, referred to as chevaux-de-frise, were undertaken by the Colonials; the first, between Fort Washington on the island of Manhattan, and Fort Lee in New Jersey, was completed in 1776 and shortly seized by the British; another was started in 1776 between Plum Point on the east bank and Pollepel Island north of West Point but abandoned in 1777 in favor of completion of the Great Chain nearby the following year. (en)
  • L'Hudson River Chain est un dispositif défensif implanté sur le fleuve Hudson, constitué de deux chaînes faisant obstacle à la navigation et de deux chevaux de frise. Construit entre 1776 et 1778 pendant la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis, ce système avait pour objectif d'empêcher les vaisseaux britanniques de remonter l'Hudson. (fr)
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  • L'Hudson River Chain est un dispositif défensif implanté sur le fleuve Hudson, constitué de deux chaînes faisant obstacle à la navigation et de deux chevaux de frise. Construit entre 1776 et 1778 pendant la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis, ce système avait pour objectif d'empêcher les vaisseaux britanniques de remonter l'Hudson. (fr)
  • The Hudson River Chains were a series of chain booms constructed across the Hudson River at West Point by Continental Army forces from 1776 to 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. These served as defenses preventing British naval vessels from sailing upriver and were overseen by the Highlands Department of the Continental Army. (en)
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  • Hudson River Chain (fr)
  • Hudson River Chains (en)
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