The Bannerman’s Island Arsenal is seen on Pollepel Island, NY, on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012. Though it looks like it was built to withstand battering rams, it was actually a surplus military goods warehouse made to resemble a Scottish castle. Businessman Francis Bannerman VI had it built early in the twentieth century as a place to store helmets, haversacks, mess kits and munitions he could not store in his thriving shop in Manhattan. |
