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Still Image
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Original Format
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Postcard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Portage Bridge from Inspiration Point, Letchworth State Park, N.Y.
Description
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Hand-colored postcard shows Genesee River Gorge from Inspiration Point, also featuring at left the Genesee Valley Canal and in the distance the Erie Railroad's Portage viaduct.
Genesee Gorge Series No. 19
Publisher
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J. Lee Folts, Jeweler, Mt. Morris NY
Date
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1905-1920
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Cooper, Ken
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Ken Cooper
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jpeg, 652 KB
jpeg, 309 KB
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Albertype Co., Brooklyn NY
Type
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Postcard
Erie Railroad
Genesee Gorge Series
Genesee River
Genesee Valley Canal
Inspiration Point
Letchworth State Park
Portageville, NY
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Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
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Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. <br /><br />Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Photo stereocard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 7 in.
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Stereopticon card: Middle Fall of Genesee, at Portage, NY
Description
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From a series titled "View on the Line of Erie Railway," this early photograph of Middle Falls shows the environmental effects of a sawmill located there. After purchasing this tract of land in 1859, William Pryor Letchworth began a long program of replanting trees--which continued as an arboretum program after he donated his estate to New York
Publisher
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L.E. Walker, Publisher, Warsaw, NY
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Cooper, Ken
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Photo courtesy of Letchworth State Park Museum
Date
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1857?
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jpeg, 814 KB
jpeg, 347 KB
Erie Railroad
Letchworth State Park
Middle Falls
mills
Portageville, NY
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Engraving
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Title
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Railroad Bridge, Portage
Description
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Famous Erie Railroad viaduct over Upper Falls at Portage, located in present-day Letchworth State Park, accompanied W. S. Ward's essay "The Valley of the Genesee."
Creator
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Woodward, J. Douglas
Publisher
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D. Appleton & Co, Publishers, New York
Date
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1874
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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"Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, CaƱons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood. Vol 2. Ed. William Cullen Bryant. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1874: 353.
Format
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jpeg, 480 KB
Type
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Engraving
Erie Railroad
Genesee River
Letchworth State Park
Portageville, NY
Upper Falls
Viewpoints