Above: Seen from the Lt. Coursen, as it docks, is a Brooklyn Battery Tunnel ventilation tower connected to the island's seal wall. It's one of four ventilation buildings changing the tunnel's air completely every 90 seconds. Two others are on Manhattan Island; the fourth in Brooklyn.
Ferry docking on island #2 --

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Terminal:
3 views, begin
Page 01
En route:
5 views, begin
Page 04
Docking:
3 views, begin
Page 09
Building 140:
5 views, begin
Page 12
Castle Wms:
4 views, begin
Page 17
Prison yard:
6 views, begin
Page 21
Sprial stairs:
4 views, begin
Page 27
Tiers, cells:
7 views, begin
Page 31
From roof:
4 views, begin
Page 38
Castle cannon:
5 views, begin
Page 42
Fort moat:
8 views, begin
Page 47
Fort cannon:
3 views, begin
Page 55
More fort:
9 views, begin
Page 58
8 return views:
ferry: Page 67,
terminal: P. 71