Front:
WEST POINT, N. Y.
WEST POINT FROM THE RIVER
RIDING HALL
OFFICER'S
CULLUM
ВАCHELOR
CADET CHAPEL
ADMINISTRATION JILDING
MESS
HALL
BUILDING
POST HOSPITAL
POWER PLANT
Power Plant-The stone building ad joining the south end of pleted in 1909. On the river side, it is seven stories high; it
the riding hall contains the plant that supplies power and light contains forty apartments. This building is not open to the
for all the bui!dings on the Post, and heat for the main public public.
buildings. The power room has two compound Corliss engines
and one simple engine, three 125-kilowatt direct current gener- of the Hudson River Day Line and the Central Hudson passen-
ators, three converters, and five transformers. The steam heat- ger and freight line dock here regularly. No passenger steamers
ing plant has four 440 horsepower water-tube boilers. The coal
bunkers, located over the boiler room, have a capacity of 5,000 For small yachting parties, no special permit is required. The
gross tons. Connected therewith are belt-conveyors and elevators river at this point is 784 yards wide. Another dock for heavy
that can unload sixty tons of coal per hour from cars on the freight is located on the north front of the Post.
power house railway spur. A masonry tunnel, 6 x 8 feet, con-
taining steam pipes, and an electrical conduit system, leads tunnel, three-fifths of a mile long, which passes under the
from this plant to the main public buildings.
The Bachelor Officers' Quarters are in the large brick building Point to New York (via Weehawken and 42nd Street Ferry)
just north of Cullum Memorial Hall. The building was
The South Dock is near the West Shore Railway Station. Boats
are allowed to dock on Sunday except by special permission.
The West Shore Railroad was opened in 1883. One end of the
parade ground, is near the power plant. The trip from West
com-
takes about two hours.
44041
Back:
Published by B. Rose, Highland Falls, N. Y.
>UC žmo>3
