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    Fort Tompkins is a fort on Staten Island in New York City, within what is now Fort Wadsworth at the Narrows. Fort Tompkins (and its predecessor of the...
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    Forts Richmond and Tompkins did not begin until 1847. Fort Richmond was named for Richmond County, in which Staten Island is located. Fort Tompkins was...
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    Tompkinsville neighborhood of Staten Island is named for Tompkins, and the streets in that neighborhood are named for his children. Tompkins Masonic Lodge #471 in...
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  • (Sackets Harbor, New York) Fort Tompkins (Buffalo, New York) Fort Tompkins (Plattsburgh, New York) Fort Tompkins (Staten Island), New York City (rebuilt...
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    located on the North Shore include the Staten Island Ferry, Staten Island Borough Hall, Alice Austen House, Fort Wadsworth, St. George Coast Guard Station...
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    side by the first Fort Tompkins, also built of red sandstone by the state. Fort Richmond was initially semicircular while Fort Tompkins was a regular pentagon...
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    Fort Tompkins Light was a lighthouse located on Staten Island, New York City, on the west side of the Narrows in New York Bay. The lighthouse was established...
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    The Staten Island Railway (SIR) is a railroad line in the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is owned by the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating...
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  • development of Staten Island was former U.S. vice president Daniel D. Tompkins, who purchased land in the northern part of Staten Island in the early 1810s...
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  • lived in Fort Wadsworth, with their grandmother Louisa Lane Drew John Dehner (1915–1992) – television and movie actor; born on Staten Island Raoul Pene...
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