Pollepel Island
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Bannerman's Island Arsenal
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View from the railroad on the eastern bank of the Hudson River
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| Location | Pollepel Island, Newburgh, New York |
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| Area | 13.4 acres (5.4 ha) |
| Built | 1901 |
| Architect | Bannerman,Francis VI |
| MPS | Hudson Highlands MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 82001121 |
| Added to NRHP | November 23, 1982 |
Pollepel Island /pɒlᵻˈpɛl/ is a 6.5 acres (26,000 m2) island in the Hudson River in New York. The principal feature on the island is Bannerman's Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse.
Pollepel Island has been called many different names, including Pollopel Island, Pollopel's Island, Bannerman's Island, and Bannermans' Island. The name is a Dutch word meaning "(wooden) ladle," but the Bannerman Castle Trust organization ascribes the name to a folk tale about a young girl named Polly Pell having been stranded on the island.
The island is about 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City and about 1,000 feet (300 m) from the Hudson River's eastern bank. It contains about 6.5 acres (26,000 m2), most of it rock.
Pollepel Island was discovered during the first navigation of the Hudson River by early Dutch settlers in the Province of New York, at the "Northern Gate" of the Hudson Highlands. During the Revolutionary War, patriots attempted to prevent the British from passing upriver by emplacing 106 chevaux de frise (upright logs tipped with iron points) between the island and Plum Point across the river (see Hudson River Chains). Caissons from several chevaux de frise still rest at the river bottom. Still, these obstructions did not stop a British flotilla from burning Kingston in 1777.General George Washington later signed a plan to use the island as a military prison; however, there is no evidence that a prison was ever built there.
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