Above: Three cannon positioned near flag pole on the highest point of island. The left cannon faces New Jersey. The center cannon faces Manhattan. The right cannon faces Brooklyn. The flag and center cannon can be seen from the ferry slip directly below (not visible from this angle). The flag is the one in Fort Jay Dry Moat View #7.
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Views of and from Fort Jay cannon #3 --

57th of 74 views in NYCHS Governors Island prison history virtual tour.

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