The building at 489 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY was the home of the City Horse Railway from 1874 to 1894, when it was rebuilt for the electric trolley system. The trolley system closed in 1935, and was replaced by buses. Diesling’s occupied the building from 1956 to 1994. Plans are underway to create an art center in the building.
Location: Google Maps (41.701565, -73.919235)
The Rochester Industrial & Rapid Transit Railway, also known as the Rochester Subway, was constructed 1922-24 out of the old Erie Canal right-of-way in downtown Rochester. The subway opened in 1927 and stayed open until 1956. Portions of the tunnels have been filled in, but these photos are from along South Avenue, just south of Court Street.
More information: http://www.rochestersubway.com/rochester_subway_history.php
Location: Google Maps (43.153165, -77.607818)
This lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse on Lake Ontario.
More information: Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society
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This farm property is located on Route 32 in Saugerties, NY.
At the time of these photos (2011), four structures occupied the property: A garage, a barn, a block garage, and a shed. The garage was being used for storage of household items. The block garage was being used for storage of tools and equipment typical of a household workshop. The barn was mostly empty and deteriorated. The shed was also mostly empty. A house was also associated with the farm property.
A stand of evergreen trees was located in the southeast corner of the property that may have been operated as an area for growing Christmas trees at one time.
According to a Phase I Cultural Research Investigation dated September 2003 and locals, the property was part of an old farm homestead. Several lots were subdivided from the main property over time. The house that is the main structure of the homestead (located on the lot adjacent to this property), was built between 1875 and 1891. Prior to that time, the subject property was vacant.
Location: Google Maps (42.034752, -73.954876)
Very little remains of the Brigham Brick Yard which was located along the Hudson River shoreline in Kingston, NY. Located nearby are also the ruins of the Schultz Brick Yard (not pictured here), including a tall chimney.
More information: Brickcollecting.com
Location: Bing Maps (41.951981, -73.961922)
The Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory building is located on North Cherry Street just north of Main Street in Poughkeepsie, NY. The building was built in 1874 and contained several operations throughout its existence. Below is some history, taken from a Poughkeepsie Journal article:
The building was originally occupied by William S. Patten’s Poughkeepsie Live Oak Leather Manufactory. Afterwards, it was transformed several times to accommodate a cooperage, a paper mill, and the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory.
In 1887, when the factory was used by the Dutchess Manufacturing Co., the structure was expanded to almost double in size.
A barrel-manufacturing operation named William Paulding’s Cooperage moved into the building in 1895 and remained there until 1902.
In 1902, the building became the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory. This business operated until the 1920s. After, a paper mill briefly occupied the building.
“The building boasts one of the earliest elevators to exist and it is still intact,” said Elizabeth Celaya, director of organizational development for Hudson River Housing Inc., which acquired the structure in May 2012.
Since these photos were taken, the building has been renovated as mixed-use space with two thirds consisting of apartments and one third planned as a commercial community hub, which was opened in 2017.
More information: Poughkeepsie Journal article, Underwear Factory website
Location: Google Maps (41.701587, -73.917948)
I don’t know the history of this building, but I liked seeing the interior wall advertising through the windows.
Location: Google Maps (41.702397, -73.925234)
These are the remains of cement kilns in what is known as the Binnewater Kiln parking lot in Rosendale, NY.
Location: Google Maps (41.8481139, -74.0883043)
These are photos from the New Croton Reservoir and its dam in Croton, NY, and inside one of the aqueduct tunnels in Ossining, NY.
More information: Wikipedia
Locations: Reservoir bridge (41.233994, -73.801501), dam (41.2274214, -73.8567536)
I believe these abandoned train cars are associated with the Catskill Mountain Railroad. Since these photos were taken, the train cars have been moved.
Location: Google Maps (41.943836, -74.045882)
