Autumn at Ringwood Manor
by Nancy De Flon
Title
Autumn at Ringwood Manor
Artist
Nancy De Flon
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Ringwood, New Jersey is located in the Ramapo Mountains, about 40 miles northwest of New York City, in an area sometimes known as the Highlands. Lakes, parks, reservoirs, and forest trails are abundant here. Ringwood was incorporated as a Borough in 1918.
Ringwood Manor was the site of a historic ironworks and includes a manor house built in 1807. It is part of Ringwood Manor State Park. One of the ironwork’s prominent managers was the Scottish engineer Robert Erskine, who was hired in 1771 and, during the Revolutionary War, appointed by General George Washington as his first Geographer and Surveyor General of the Continental Army. Under Erskine’s management Ringwood iron supplied the Continental war effort. It was used for army equipment and for links for the Hudson River Chain, which was installed across the river to prevent the British from traveling on the river north of West Point. A 479-acre area including the Ringwood Manor house was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966.
This autumn photograph was taken from the height outside the front of the Manor House.
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February 12th, 2016
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