Abandoned castle on island12/18/2023 The island, according to Native American tradition, is inhabited by hostile spirits. In 1918, after Bannerman’s passing, the construction of the castle was paused and, a couple of years later, two tons of explosives blew up, destroying part of the complex. The castle was clearly visible from the shore. In this golden era, tycoons were celebrities, and Bannerman focused in using his castle as a huge, brick-made advertisement for his business. But why this kind of design? The answer was simple: advertising. The amount of products to keep in stock in the first building was so large that another castle had to be added, on a smaller scale and at the top of the island, as a residence. It is said that Bannerman himself designed the building which he then gave in blueprints to the builders. In total, in what today is an imposing castle, in the past was used to store thirty million leftover cartridges and ammunition. When the civil war ended, the family company repurchased military surplus and resorted to this island for storage. Bannerman was a Scottish immigrant who came to America in the mid-1850s. It all started with Francis Bannerman VI, who was also the owner of an island he bought in 1901. The funny thing is that this storage space looks like a castle. Even today, you can read on one side a sign that reads “Bannerman’s Island Arsenal”. We’re talking about the Pollepel Island, also known as Bannerman’s Island, which is located in the middle of the waters of the famous Hudson River and, with only 80 meters across, its stark natural beauty was deemed attractive for the construction of a building that was once the place where military surplus storage was kept. One of these is an imposing castle located one hour -by car- from New York. There are still traces of remains of historical buildings that were erected in the United States.
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