Also at McGolrick Park, this statue commemorates the 1862 battle of the Monitor and Merrimac, the first-ever meeting of two ironclad warships in combat. The Monitor was built at the Continental Iron Works here in Greenpoint.
Day 23
Monitor and Merrimac Monument
January 22nd, 2012
I use to consider that to be quite a high climb as a kid- fell a number of times off it- maybe that was why!