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Digital Photograph
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Title
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Breakneck Ridge Tunnel
Creator
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Skeats, William J.
Publisher
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RailPictures.Net
Date
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2019-06-03
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Cooper, Ken
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<a href="https://www.railpictures.net/photo/699417/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Photo/Archive William J. Skeats. Used by permission.</a>
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jpeg, 640 KB
Description
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Breakneck Ridge is located in the Hudson Highlands, directly across the river from Storm King Mountain. Its distinctive stony face was picturesque, albeit quarried for granite by the 19th century. It posed a major obstacle in plans to build a railroad line along the Hudson River. By 1851, however, a 400-foot tunnel had been bored by the Hudson River Railroad (later to become part of New York Central). Here, in a contemporary photo, we see the line still in use as part of Metro North / Amtrak service. <br /><br />The stone structure at right is part of the Catskill Aqueduct, constructed between 1908 and 1924. Technically, it is called the Moodna / Hudson / Breakneck Pressure Tunnel: a tunnel bored 1,100 feet below the river's surface through which water passes from Ashokan Reservoir to New York City. The building was constructed in 1917 to drain the pressure tunnel. <br /><br />Breakneck Ridge probably is the location of New Deal Gallery artist <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1247" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Isaac Fastovsky's 1937 painting <em>Tunnel by the Hudson</em>.</a>
Type
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Still image
Catskill Aqueduct
Hudson River
Hudson River Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Railroads
tunnel
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Map
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78 x 43 cm
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Title
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U.S. Showing New York Central Lines
Creator
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New York Central Railroad Company
Rand McNally and Company
Publisher
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Rand McNally and Company
Date
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1929
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
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<a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23947~870012:U-S--showing-NY-Central-Lines-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:%22new%20york%20central%22;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=7&trs=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Rumsey Historical Map Collection</a>
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jpeg, 3.2 MB
jpeg 650 KB
Description
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By the time of this map a bitter consolidation battle among smaller rail lines had resulted in the creation of New York Central in 1853. Then, under the leadership of aggressive presidents Erastus Corning and Cornelius Vanderbilt, NYC expanded into a regional network encompassing the northeast and Great Lakes Region. It operated more than 11,000 miles of road by this point.
The map here shows the various lines and draws attention to its so-called "water route": mostly level grades following rivers and lakes that e nabled the company to design its engines for speed. The Twentieth-Century Limited, which traveled between New York and Chicago, was perhaps its best known line. The map highlights the Appalachian Mountain range its competitors had to navigate in bright yellow--a nice bit of trolling. As with other railroads NYC's fortunes declined after World War II and the rise of highways. It pursued protective mergers with other failing railroads, was absorbed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1976, and finally ended up park of the CSX / Amtrak system.
Type
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Still image
Hudson River Railroad
Map
New York Central Railroad
Railroads
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Title
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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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Postcard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Upper Falls, Genesee River, Rochester NY
Publisher
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Rochester News Co.
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Cooper, Ken
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Courtesy Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 608 KB
jpeg, 343 KB
Type
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Postcard
Description
An account of the resource
At nearly 100 feet in height, the "High Falls" were a determining factor in the location of Rochester. Mills took advantage of the drop and the Genesee River's water flow in the form of mills, beginning in 1807 and especially in the years following construction of Brown's Race--which enabled numerous mills to operate along the western banks. Less than a mile upriver, the Erie Canal was routed so as to pass near this important manufacturing and milling location. At one point Rochester was milling more than 500,000 barrels of wheat flour per year before the wheat midge drastically curtailed production in the Genesee Valley.
In the postcard, at left of the falls is Rochester Gas and Electric's Hydro Station #4 (since abandoned), and crossing the river is a New York Central Railroad viaduct. At right is the Gorsline Building, reconstructed in 1888 as a shoe factory after a major fire that killed perhaps 35 workers. Structural problems nearly led to its demolition, but it was partially demolished and renovated during the late 1990s for use as office space.
Date
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1934
Genesee River
High Falls
Mill
New York Central Railroad
Post Card
Rochester Gas and Electric
Rochester, NY
Upper Falls
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Title
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Caledonia 1892
Description
An account of the resource
This collection of images is based upon <a href="https://openvalley.org/files/original/3ae1204165be3bf753a4d31e568da22a.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an 1892 birds-eye panorama of Caledonia, NY</a> published by Burleigh Litho of Troy, NY. According to John William Reps, Lucien R. Burleigh was responsible—whether as artist or publisher—for some 228 lithographic city views (it is possible, even likely that the Caledonia map was executed by an employee named Christian Fausel). Trained as a civil engineer, economic recession pressed Burleigh into finding other ways of making a living. He began city viewmaking during the 1870s and by the mid-1880s was well established in his profession. His usual practice was to work from an available map, determine the most advantageous viewpoint (for a village like Caledonia, typically 1500 feet above the ground), and making small sketches at the street level. Another important task during a two- or three-week stay was soliciting subscriptions for the panorama: it took perhaps 100 persons, each paying $2.50-3:00 for a map, for the project to break even. <br /><br />The Burleigh map’s legend provides us with a snapshot of Caledonia in 1892, just recovering from a major fire in 1891. It lists railroad stations, churches, the public school, and even Seth Green’s fish hatchery, but a majority of the numbered locations are commercial enterprises—a likely base of customers for purchasing copies of the completed work. Using old newspapers and trade magazines, this collection has gathered advertising from most of the businesses. Its purpose is to populate an interactive map for the “Heraldry” section of the “Clans of Caledonia” exhibit, where we see immigrant affiliations interacting with national and commercial icons—a complex process of so-called “Americanization.”
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Thanks to Tom Tryniski, Fulton History
Still Image
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Original Format
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Engraving
Physical Dimensions
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7 x 10 in.
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Title
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Residence, Warehouse and Elevator of Wm. Hamilton, Caledonia, Livingston County, NY
Creator
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Lyth, J. (John), 1821-1886
Publisher
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D. Mason & Co., Syracuse NY
Date
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1881
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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: following p. 456
Format
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1. jpeg, 952 KB
2. jpeg, 391 KB
Description
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The son of a Scottish immigrant, Hamilton was born 1832 in Le Roy and grew up on a farm. After a brief time spent as a teacher in the upper midwest, Hamilton returned to Caledonia, married Jane Vallance, and had five children. Hamilton was a leading figure in the community, praised by James Smith for his "invincible energy and active business ability." He died in 1912.
These engravings show a portion of his property located next to the New York Central RR, the elevator inset and enlarged as a separate file.
Caledonia, NY
Grain elevator
New York Central Railroad
William Hamilton
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Title
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Caledonia 1892
Description
An account of the resource
This collection of images is based upon <a href="https://openvalley.org/files/original/3ae1204165be3bf753a4d31e568da22a.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an 1892 birds-eye panorama of Caledonia, NY</a> published by Burleigh Litho of Troy, NY. According to John William Reps, Lucien R. Burleigh was responsible—whether as artist or publisher—for some 228 lithographic city views (it is possible, even likely that the Caledonia map was executed by an employee named Christian Fausel). Trained as a civil engineer, economic recession pressed Burleigh into finding other ways of making a living. He began city viewmaking during the 1870s and by the mid-1880s was well established in his profession. His usual practice was to work from an available map, determine the most advantageous viewpoint (for a village like Caledonia, typically 1500 feet above the ground), and making small sketches at the street level. Another important task during a two- or three-week stay was soliciting subscriptions for the panorama: it took perhaps 100 persons, each paying $2.50-3:00 for a map, for the project to break even. <br /><br />The Burleigh map’s legend provides us with a snapshot of Caledonia in 1892, just recovering from a major fire in 1891. It lists railroad stations, churches, the public school, and even Seth Green’s fish hatchery, but a majority of the numbered locations are commercial enterprises—a likely base of customers for purchasing copies of the completed work. Using old newspapers and trade magazines, this collection has gathered advertising from most of the businesses. Its purpose is to populate an interactive map for the “Heraldry” section of the “Clans of Caledonia” exhibit, where we see immigrant affiliations interacting with national and commercial icons—a complex process of so-called “Americanization.”
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Thanks to Tom Tryniski, Fulton History
Still Image
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Newspaper advertisements
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Title
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New York Central Railroad Station, Caledonia
Description
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Number 8 on the Burleigh map, depot originally was located next to William Hamilton's produce business on the east side of North St. Constructed in ca. 1853 along with the Canandaigua & Niagara Falls Railroad, the line was purchased in 1858 by Cornelius Vanderbilt's New York Central as its Canandaigua branch--although popularly dubbed the "Peanut Line" due to its diminutive stature in the sprawling rail empire. In 1916 a new station was built on the west side of North St., where it still is standing today.
In the cutthroat railroad business, Vanderbilt's New York Central was quite aggressive in repackaging its more functional business in freight and passenger service into new, tourism-inspired "Excursions." Here, far-flung locations like Seattle and New England beckon Caledonians along with more familiar attractions like Niagara Falls. It's difficult to judge the success of such marketing; amidst competition from automobiles and consolidation of the rail industry, the Canandaigua branch closed in 1939--and this station along with it.
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1. Caledonia Advertiser
2. Caledonia Era
Date
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1. 1896-12-17
2. 1909-08-25
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Tom Tryniski / Fulton History
Format
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1. jpeg, 264 KB
2. jpeg, 976 KB
Burleigh Litho Co
Caledonia, NY
New York Central Railroad
Peanut Line
Tourism