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Still Image
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Photograph
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4 x 5 in.
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Title
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Allegheny Valley Farm During 1972 Flood
Description
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Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood stage--in some cases rising by seven inches per hour--and several towns declared evacuations. The damage was considerable: bridges, railway lines, businesses, homes, and farms were flooded.
Following in a long American tradition, a rapidly published book of photos and descriptions was created to commemorate the event. In this photograph, the caption reads: "An Allegheny valley farm east of Olean was typical of many gutted throughout the Southern Tier."
Publisher
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W.H. Greenhow Co.
Date
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1972
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<em>Flood: The Southern Tier's June 1972 Disaster: A Pictorial Review </em>(Hornell, NY: 1972)<br /><br />Courtesy of Internet Archive
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jpeg, 917 KB
Type
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Photograph
Allegheny River
flood of 1972
Hurricane Agnes
Olean, NY
Watershed
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Postcard
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Birdseye View of Springwater, NY
Date
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1918-05-27
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 591 KB
jpeg, 594 KB
Type
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Postcard
Description
An account of the resource
From a hillside looking approximately southwest, view shows part of the watershed supplying Hemlock Lake and ultimately the city of Rochester, NY. At the time of this photograph the town's population would have been around 1,700 people, still primarily involved in agriculture. Springwater was established in 1816 and encompasses the highest point in Livingston County. During its early history stands of forest were logged before giving way to farming.
bird's eye view
Post Card
Springwater, NY
Watershed
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Still Image
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Bird's Eye View
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3 x 7 cm.
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Title
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Charles Lenker's Property, Freeport NY
Description
An account of the resource
Excerpted from <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3804f.pm005650/?r=0.287,0.382,0.395,0.177,0">a larger bird's-eye view</a> of Freeport, NY this image shows an agricultural business located on North Main Street; we see a streetcar in the foreground. Lenker is described as a "Florist and Nurseryman," although given Freeport's proximity to Manhattan he may have grown produce for the city as well. In addition to outdoor fields, several large greenhouses are part of the operation. The windmill may have been used to circulate air, but it's more likely to have operated an irrigation system. Today Freeport still "draws its water supply from eight operating wells that have been drilled into Magothy Aquifer at depths ranging from 500 feet to 640 feet. This aquifer, which was originally created by a glaciers action, is held in place by sand and pressure of the ocean water that surrounds Long Island" (<a href="https://www.freeportny.com/index.aspx?nid=36">Village of Freeport</a>).
Creator
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Hughes & Bailey
Date
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1909
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Original image: Library of Congress
Format
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jpeg, 554 KB
Type
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Still image
Agriculture
Freeport, NY
Long Island
Watershed
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Painting
Physical Dimensions
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11.75 x 17.5 in.
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Title
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Cohoes Falls on Mohawk River, New York
Creator
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Smith, John Rubens (1775-1849)
Date
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Unknown
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1974, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12614">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a><br />Via <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">Wikimedia Commons</a>
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jpeg, 951 KB
jpeg, 515 KB
Description
An account of the resource
Watercolor and graphite composition captures the 1,000-ft. wide falls two miles upstream from where Mohawk joins the Hudson River. The name may derive from the Mohawk phrase "a canoe falling"--a wry bit of humor. According to an 1813 description, the "river is seen gliding over a granitic rock, smoothed by its own operations, and bordered with rocky banks, supporting a sterile soil and a stinted growth of pine, hemlock, cedar and other evergreens, till it arrive at the fall, down which it pours at high water, in one sheet of near 70 feet: but at low water, descends, in excavated courses, some in cataracts, and some in oblique or zig-zag precipices, affording a most sublime and picturesque combination of bold force and violence" (Horatio Gates Spafford, <em><a href="https://archive.org/details/gazetteerofstate01spaf/page/170">A Gazetteer of the State of New-York</a>, </em>p. 170).<br /><br />In 1831, the river was dammed for manufacturing purposes and its flow has been regulated since the 1930s, when it was converted for electricity generation.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
electricity
Hudson River
Milling
Mohawk River
Waterfalls
Watershed
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
Physical Dimensions
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4 x 5 in.
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Title
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Erie-Lackawanna Bridge, Salamanca NY, 1972
Description
An account of the resource
Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood stage--in some cases rising by seven inches per hour--and several towns declared evacuations. The damage was considerable: bridges, railway lines, businesses, homes, and farms were flooded.
Following in a long American tradition, a rapidly published book of photos and descriptions was created to commemorate the event. In this photograph, the caption reads: "Flooding in area of Erie-Lackawanna bridge over Little Valley Creek in West Salamanca. "
Publisher
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W.H. Greenhow Co.
Date
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1972
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<em>Flood: The Southern Tier's June 1972 Disaster: A Pictorial Review </em>(Hornell, NY: 1972)<br /><br />Courtesy of Internet Archive
Format
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jpeg, 716 KB
Allegheny River
Erie Railroad
flood of 1972
Salamanca, NY
Watershed
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
An account of the resource
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
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Genesee Falls, Belmont NY
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 767 KB
jpeg, 557 KB
Description
An account of the resource
Postcard view of waterfall in the town that is seat of government in Allegany County. Originally named Philipsville, its population grew rapidly following construction of an Erie Railroad line--pictured at left--in 1850. As of 1860 there were two sawmills and a flour mill using water power available in the area: in this postcard, the Genesee River, and less than a mile downstream its tributaries Philips Creek and Van Campen Creek.
Date
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1910-08-30
Type
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Postcard
Belmont, NY
Erie Railroad
Genesee River
Milling
Watershed
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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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Title
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In Front of Walker House, Silver Lake, NY
Creator
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Wilson, Albert
Date
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1908-1915
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 724 KB
jpeg, 348 KB
Description
An account of the resource
Postcard shows guests taking in the scenery at a popular hotel located next to the Silver Lake Railroad. Actually, it was the <em>second </em>Walker House, the first having burned down in 1857. That earlier hotel was operated by Artemus B. Walker, whose desire to drum up business led to his role in an 1855 sighting of the so-called "Silver Lake Serpent." Two fisherman saw what they thought was a log, until a beast leaped from the water. Two years later, a fire at Walker House revealed the apparatus and he confessed to the hoax--it was an additional incentive to visit Silver Lake. <br /><br />Walker lived in Canada for a period, then returned to Silver Lake and built this later iteration of his hotel in 1869. He remained a promoter: his resort complex included boats, a diving platform, dance halls, and various amusements.
Perry, NY
Post Card
Silver Lake
Silver Lake Railroad
Watershed
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Title
A name given to the resource
Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
An account of the resource
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
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Title
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Lower Falls of the Genesee, Rochester NY
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 663 KB
jpeg, 331 KB
Publisher
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Scrantom Wetmore & Co., Publishers
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1910
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Postcard
Description
An account of the resource
Five miles downstream from here, the Genesee River empties into Lake Ontario at Charlotte, and the base of the falls has been a major spawning ground for salmon and lake trout until non-native fish like the alewife reduced their numbers. <a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/seth-green--home-waters">The fisherman Seth Green</a> ran a large commercial operation nearby in the lower gorge; ironically, his success also contributed to declining stocks and led to his experiments in pisciculture and eventually a fish hatchery located in Caledonia, NY. <br /><br />At the time of this photograph, an extensive engineering project recently had constructed Rochester Gas & Electric's Hydro Station #15--a portion of which is shown at left--and transformed the falls themselves. An 80-foot long concrete facing raised the falls to a height of 96 feet and created an intake dam 17 feet in depth. The building at right is a remaining part of the settlement called McCrackenville, chartered in 1821 and best known as an industrial site: flour and paper milling, carpet-making, furniture manufacture, a tannery. In 1850 the city of Rochester annexed the land as part of its plans for residential development along Lake Avenue; eventually it was remade as Lower Falls Park, from which visitors have a spectacular view of the gorge.
Genesee River
Lower Falls, Rochester
McCrackenville
pisciculture
Post Card
Rochester Gas and Electric
Rochester, NY
Seth Green
Watershed
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Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Photograph
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
4 x 5 in.
Dublin Core
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Description
An account of the resource
Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood stage--in some cases rising by seven inches per hour--and several towns declared evacuations. The damage was considerable: bridges, railway lines, businesses, homes, and farms were flooded.
Following in a long American tradition, a rapidly published book of photos and descriptions was created to commemorate the event. In this photograph, the caption reads: "Salamanca’s Main St. after the Allegheny River receded."
Publisher
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W.H. Greenhow Co.
Date
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1972
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<em>Flood: The Southern Tier's June 1972 Disaster: A Pictorial Review </em>(Hornell, NY: 1972)<br /><br />Courtesy of Internet Archive
Format
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jpeg, 876 KB
Type
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Photograph
Title
A name given to the resource
Main St. of Salamanca, NY After Hurricane Agnes
Allegheny River
flood of 1972
Hurricane Agnes
Salamanca, NY
Watershed
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Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data
Postcard
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Middle Falls of the Genesee, Rochester NY
Publisher
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Souvenir Post Card Co., NY
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1909-08-18
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 736 KB
jpeg, 465 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Postcard
Description
An account of the resource
A mile and a half downstream from Rochester's Upper Falls (later, "High Falls"), its Middle Falls originally had a height of 25 feet and were featured in Thomas Davies' 1768 engraving of the area. Here, we see one of two masonry dams built at the site. In 1917, one of the old dams was demolished to build a new moveable one, whose primary function now was to channel water through a tunnel--20 feet in diameter, 1500 feet long--to a generating station located at the base of Lower Falls.
That dam project may cause the "Middle Falls" to lose its designation as a waterfall, considered an "historical" one instead.
Dam
Genesee River
Middle Falls, Rochester
Rochester, NY
Waterfalls
Watershed