Site Information: Fort Drum
Fort Drum is located in Northern New York State, just west of the Adirondack Park. It occupies 107,265 acres of land, with 410.4 miles of roads, 283 miles of communications lines, and 490,333.1 linear feet of fencing. The army has had a base on the site since 1908, when it was originally known as Pine Camp. It is home to the 10th Mountain Division, based there since its creation in 1985. The army estimates that the economic imact of the base on the community was $652,902,907 in fiscal year 2004, and $7,045,702,754 from 1988 to the present. In addition, it is the largest employer in Northern New York, with 14,055 soldiers and 3,050 civilians employed.
Click here for more photographs
North Gate, 2006
My print:
Target, Linocut printed on Arches Cover, 4" X 6", 2006
Links:
- Official Site
- Economic Impact Statement
- From GlobalSecurity.org
- NYS Military Museum
- Wikipedia Entry
Maps:
Google Interactive Map
- Fort Drum is the large gray area on this map, surrounded by the towns of Antwerp, Le Ray, Deferiet, Wilna, and Diana. The green area to the right (East) of Fort Drum is the Adirondack Park. With this map, you can zoom in and look at satellite pictures of the Fort.
Microsoft Terraserver Map
- Fort Drum is located roughly in the center of this map, although its boundaries are not marked out at this level.
Home
All work by Stephen MacLellan
Colgate University
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY 13346
smaclellan {at} mail.colgate.edu
(978)808-6415
