164 VIEW ON STATEN ISLAND. 



VIEW ON STATEN ISLAND, NEAR THE TELEGRAPH STATION. 



This view was taken about two miles south of the Quaran- 

 tine, and embraces within its range Fort Tompkins on the right, 

 the Telegraph on the point of high ground near the centre of 

 the picture, while below it, near the water's edge, may be seen 

 the half-moon Fort, and in the distance lies Coney Island, 

 beyond which the waters of the broad Atlantic terminate the 

 view. 



Fort Tompkins, as well as the Half-moon Fort, was erected 

 during the second war with Great Britain, by the state of New 

 York, although now in the possession of the United States. 



Not far from the spot where this view was taken, were the 

 head quarters of General Knyphausen, commander of the 

 Hessians, during the revolutionary war ; and in the year 1841 

 there was excavated near the Telegraph, at about ten feet 

 below the surface, a large quantity of bullets, bayonets, sword 

 blades, and other military weapons. 



This Telegraph is the connecting link between the one on 

 Sandy Hook, and that on the Merchants' Exchange in the city 

 of New York. 



The views from this part of Staten Island are extensive and 

 highly picturesque. 



