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Bannerman’s Island black-powder house explodes
August 15, 2022
Aug 15, 1920
- Francis Bannerman VI (1851-1918)
- 1900 Francis Bannerman purchased Pollepel Island
– 6.5-acre island in the Hudson River
– 50 miles north of New York City - 1920 Bannerman’s Island black-powder house explodes
- 1967 the family sold Bannerman island to New York State
– surplus warehouse was abandoned - 1969 Bannerman’s Island Castle warehouse burns down
- Today the Bannerman Castle Trust preserves the castle & island