"Remains of fortifications at Plum Point. This view is from the interior of the redoubt looking eastward upon the river. In the distance is seen Pollopel's Island, near the upper entrance to the Highlands, beyond which rise the lofty Beacon Hills, whereon alarm-fires often gleamed during the war."—Lossing, 1851

Plum Point

"Remains of fortifications at Plum Point. This view is from the interior of the redoubt looking eastward…