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New York..jpg

Black River map--small.jpg

Saratoga Springs 1873.jpg

Ramapo Map.jpg
Dating to a time when water power was essential to manufacturing, the "Ramapo Works" (later simply Ramapo) were located at the base of Torne Mountain. A nail manufacturer from New York City named Josiah B. Pierson purchased the land in 1795, built a…

Niagara Frontier.jpg

USA outline large.jpg

Viele--small.jpg

Taylor Romance Map NY.jpg
Fanciful state map was one of 48 created for Our U.S.A.: A Gay Geography. It serves as a kind of snapshot as to what were considered the major industries, cultural features, and "character" of New York State's major cities and regions. Some of these…

New York-The Empire State--small.jpg

Buffalo Rochester Pittsburgh.jpg
Map from the company's 1897 annual report shows the extent of this primarily industrial railroad, whose main purpose was to deliver coal from Pennsylvania mines to the industrial cities of Rochester and Buffalo. From the latter location, coal could…
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