VERY interesting, Madelyn!! I hope someone steps in......like the historical societies eg.... to save this piece of history. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madelyn Klaffky" <mklaffky@columbus.rr.com> To: "NYWestch" <NYWestch-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:17 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] massive old structure in Ossining >I sent this info to my niece who lives in Washington. Her reply is > interesting. Do check out her pictures on the link at the bottom. they > are > more extensive. I also googled St. Augustine Church in Ossining, had to > scroll all the way down and went to History of the church. The on to the > 4th page to see the info about Washington. > > _____ > > Her reply: > > Hi, I can't believe you got that!!! The link below are photos that were > taken right after it was found, the photo on the first page, bottom row, > laft you will see me arguing with the NYS historians, lol. They are > beautiful!!! And, (gotta love the local papers) according to local > history > (St Augustine's Church, which is very close to the area, go to their site > and click on "history") the tunnels were apparently originally built as an > escape route for G Washington and troops, who had an encampment near by. > The bricks that the historian took to "examine" were found on the floor of > the main tunnel, and were NOT the same bricks in the structures. (Also > found on the floor, snapple bottles, a folding chair, etc.) The bricks > that > make this thing up appear to be "homemade" they are irregular, and if you > break any of them in half, they are black on the inside, (overcooked, > lol), > and have no markings on them. Lol, don't get me started, the property is > owned by Mystic Pointe (condo complex) and they are thinking of filling > the > tunnels and chambers, and covering them up, they claim they can't afford > to > do anything else. What a shame. > > > Bet you didn't think you'd get all that, huh? > > Anyway, the photos are of the "airholes" some of the tunnel and some of > the > chambers. If you look at the floor in the photos, you'll see how many you > are looking at, some are doubles. The tunnel part starts at Route 9 (I > couldn't get close enough to see if the bricks that seal that part are the > same bricks as the rest, may have been sealed when they moved Rte 9, as it > appears to go under), I have found parts of this thing all the way down > towards the river. (The "entrance" on the nature trail in Mystic has an > Indian Midden on top of it, historian said it was at least 400 to 600 > years > old). > > Check it out, let me know what you think!! > > > > Mystic Pointe <http://www.robdublin.com/Albums/Mystic/> tunnels > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > > <http://promos.hotbar.com/promos/promodll.dll?RunPromo&El=&SG=&RAND=59554&pa > rtner=hbtools> Upgrade Your Email - Click here! > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message