Stone wall at the Nyack Beach armory
The history of the building was unknown to me, but one thing that immediately stood out (besides the tunnel leading into the mountain seen at the top of the photo) was the size of the stones used in the masonry wall. The building just screamed "armory" because of the thickness of its walls.
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Exploring the gun tunnel
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I've done a lot of research on this building. Originally (pre 1910) this building was owned by Manhattan Trap Rock and this particular building housed the steam engines that powered the rock crushing equipment that was used to make the hook mountain into stones used to build the brownstones on Manhattan. After 1910 the PSIP bought the building and converted it into a beach house for the beach. It housed a dance floor and all. I believe, although I can't find anything specific, that those tunnels are the passage ways that brought the crushed stone to the river which was loaded via a huge pier (no longer present) to barges to transport the stone. There are some pictures available at keeprocklandbeautiful.org
-mbsportsman600, 2010-11-15 22:57:48
Thanks for sharing that, although regarding the utility of the tunnels, they were completely enclosed and not particularly long, which makes it very unlikely they were used in mining. If anything, I was recently thinking it was perhaps for cold storage, as there was a passageway from the building to the area where the tunnels began. Your thoughts?
-Sousveillance, 2010-11-17 14:39:53