Fort Corkscrew

Fort Corkscrew, 1776, Kings County, Brooklyn. This Patriot four-gun works stood on a high conical hill (since graded down) at a site now bordered by Atlantic Avenue, Court, Pacific, and Clinton Streets. Also known as Fort Cobble Hill and Spiral Fort. Occupied by the British until July 1781 when it was graded down and covered by the guns at Fort Stirling. Rebuilt in the War of 1812 as Fort Swift.

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