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Photos Of The Week - 11/23/093 comments

towmasters wrote 1 day ago: Two photos taken just a couple of seconds apart….. The Crow was built in 1963 at the Ira S. Bu … more →

Tags: Photo of the Week, Brooklyn, canal boats, Crow, Hudson River, inland waters, Ira S. Bushey & Sons Shipyard, New York City, New York harbor

Lots of Frost

beckwithmansion wrote 6 days ago: There was lots of frost this morning.  It was probably in the mid-20s, but I didn’t check, but … more →

Tags: Beckwith Mansion & Estate, Palmyra New York, New York, Palmyra, Brent, Beckwith Mansion, Photographs, Photography, Trees

Wandering around Buffalo

Frum Hiker wrote 6 days ago: Buffalo, NY has a bad rap, it is one of those cities that evokes negativity whenever spoken about by … more →

Tags: abandoned railroads, Buffalo, Grain Elevators, NY, ruins, Western New York

Transportation in America

KuroNeko wrote 1 week ago: Let’s look into America’s transportation revolution. The change in transportation in America was sim … more →

Tags: Transportation, road, Turnpike, Locomotive, america

No Name Fleet 32 comments

tugster wrote 2 weeks ago: Rust never sleeps; nor do fungi.  My first and second posts on this yard are here as one and two;  I … more →

Tags: Blogging, Personal, photos, wooden boats

Sylvan Beach Re-Sanding Project

newyorkoutdoors wrote 2 weeks ago: Sylvan Beach (at the west end of Oneida Lake) is undergoing a years-long project to widen the popula … more →

Tags: Central NY, Finger Lakes, Fish Creek, Oneida Lake

Urger in November

tugster wrote 2 weeks ago: Labor Day in the sixth boro . . . and now at Lock 28A, Urger’s winter port.    Near Lyons.  Ne … more →

Tags: photos, Personal, Urger, NYS Canal Corp

Rochester hopes to develop unused lot along Genesee River

newyorkoutdoors wrote 2 weeks ago: by Brian Sharp • Democrat & Chronicle, link to full post & picture Fenced off, overgrown and … more →

Tags: Archeology, Genesee River, History, Rochester, Court Street Dam, Erie Harbor Park, historic mill race, Johnson and Seymour race, Lehigh Valley Railroad

Nope, It Wasn't Snow

beckwithmansion wrote 2 weeks ago: When I got up this morning, I looked out and the deck looked all white.  I thought it might have sno … more →

Tags: Beckwith Mansion & Estate, Palmyra New York, New York, Palmyra, 2009, db walton, Brent, mormon, Latter-Day Saints

November 4 in history3 comments

homepaddock wrote 3 weeks ago: 1429  Joan of Arc liberated Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. 1677  The future Mary II of England married Wil … more →

Tags: History, Wikipedia, Barack Obama, Melbourne Cup, phar lap, NZ History Online, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joan of Arc, Mary II

Panel 2: Holley Falls

Theresa Fischette wrote 3 weeks ago: Holley’s  Glen Falls  is  a man-made  waterfall created  during the enlargement and relocation  of t … more →

Tags: Main, holley, mural, Stacey Kirby, History

World Canals Conference returns to Rochester in 2010

newyorkoutdoors wrote 3 weeks ago: Brian Sharp • Democrat & Chronicle, link to original post When the World Canals Conference first … more →

Tags: Genesee River, Rochester, Aqueduct

Share with Your Friends

beckwithmansion wrote 3 weeks ago: Just a quick and special note this morning (there will be a regular posting later today)… Feel … more →

Tags: Beckwith Mansion & Estate, Palmyra New York, Latter-Day Saints, New York, Palmyra, 2009, LDS, mormon, Beckwith Mansion

Water, Water, Everywhere2 comments

Vicky wrote 3 weeks ago: I am wet, and cold, and wet, and cold. This is how it is if you go to see Niagara Falls and the Erie … more →

Tags: Buffalo New York, niagara falls, Underground Railroad, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecture, Theodore Roosevelt, Millard Fillmore, Grover Cleveland, lockport new york

Happy Birthday Erie Canal

Russ wrote 4 weeks ago: October 26, 2009 One hundred and eighty-four years ago today, Governor Dewitt Clinton of  New York S … more →

October 26 in history

homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: On October 26: 1825 The Erie Canal opened a passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie. 1865 Benjami … more →

Tags: History, Wikipedia, Norway, the beatles, NZ History Online, smallpox, October 26, Women Jurors Act, gunfight at the O.K. corral

Low Bridge, Everybody Down (Monday)

jewelofdenial wrote 1 month ago: We veered slightly off course to Vischers Ferry for lunch.  We wanted to see the Whipple Truss Bridg … more →

Tags: Travel, kids, Vischers Ferry, Squire Whipple Truss Bridge

The Erie Canal: Cruising across upstate New York, at five miles per hour

newyorkoutdoors wrote 1 month ago: Click here to read about the Erie Canal and to see a narrated slide show showing what it’s lik … more →

Tags: canoeing, History, Kayaking, paddling

Embracing Change

Theresa Fischette wrote 1 month ago: “Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have— and underestimate the … more →

Tags: Main, Comprehensive Plan, holley, Myron Holley, Transformation., Transformation: Village


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