Old Abandoned Buildings of Northern New York page 21

Taken on 05/14/08 Part of the Ryor's Turkey Farm, on a small dead-end road behind the Calcium Post Office, Town of Leray There is also a connected wooden rear section, larger then the part shown here but obscured by trees - I couldn't get a good shot of it. Another large unconnected barn or building has previously been demolished. Now owned by Millsite Family Adventures, Inc. of Carthage. Suggested by Kathy, who wanted to know what this building was (and so did I). Thanks to the members of the JeffCoWebboard.com (WWR, Ringoffire436, tree68, OddJob, inspector71, dirtyhands, magnum, BryGuy) for the help on finding what this was. 'Dirtyhands' writes that from the architecture it looks to be 1920's. Chris writes "Hi there - loved the picture! I used to live in the house directly across from the turkey farm (1985-1988). My parents bought our house from the Ryors when we first got stationed at Fort Drum. The bldg you are looking at was the view I had out my bedroom window. It was in a little better shape back then, but just slightly. At the time, there was a couple and their baby that lived in the upstairs floor of this bldg, which I remember to be the offices of the turkey farm itself (I think they were related to the Ryors somehow) - there used to be several large turkey barns out back with wide gradual sloping roofs that were fun to jump off of when the snow was deep. I learned to parallel park in that parking lot right there :) Thanks for the memories!"	Taken on 05/14/08 Donnattburg Bridge, over the Independence River in Lewis County, Otter Creek/Glenfield area, Donnattburg Road. Built in 1902 and long-closed. The small building in the right edge of the picture is a Hudson River Regulating District gauging station. Suggested by Meagan M. Thanks to Will H. for the correction on the area.	Taken on 05/14/08 Looking straight onto the bridge. You can still walk over the bridge, at your own peril... *From Dawn in Atlanta Ga: "I grew up on Donnattburg road from age 8-18. Memories flooded me when I saw your pic of the bridge. It used to be functional when I lived on the road there.. in fact that whole road was a dirt road for years.. then they paved it to the bridge. When I went to college in 83..they closed the bridge and the pass to Austin Road... eliminated a great short cut! I used to sit on that bridge and read and throw rocks into the river."
Taken on 05/14/08 The 1902 plaque	Taken on 05/14/08 The Independence River as seen from the bridge.	Taken on 05/14/08 View of the concrete work under the bridge, deteriorating Some sort of benchmark attached to the concrete of the bridge, though I could not find a listing of it from the USGS.
Taken on 05/14/08 Old abandoned crypt (or vault) at the Maple Hill Cemetery on County Route 160 (Middle Road), Rutland Area near Watertown. This is where they kept the bodies during the winter months when the ground was too frozen to bury them. This kept the bodies cool yet not frozen. From comac1103 (via Flickr.com): "Marc this is a cool shot; that board keeping the door closed is weird are they trying to keep someone or something in." From Leo Alen (via Flickr.com): "that door is so inviting"	Taken on 05/14/08 Another view	Taken on 05/14/08 Closer shot.
Taken on 05/14/08 The open doorway into the crypt.	Taken on 05/14/08 Inside the small crypt. Yea, kinda creepy. This looks like it has not been used for many, many years. Some junk is piled inside the crypt, but the cemetery itself is well-maintained and still used. The walls of the crypt were covered with some sort of masonry work, and chipping off in some places but still in fairly good condition. The floor may have once been bricked, now they are piled and jumbled all over. *From chocolatepoint (via Flickr.com): "Very cool photo. I've never seen inside a crypt, so tanks for sharing! Nice webpage too with all the abandoned sites up your way."	Unrelated really, but I thought this was interesting also. In the cemetery, I happened across what looks like old grave marker stones made of just flat stones, no trace of markings or that there ever were any markings. These struck me as very similar to the crude stones in an unmarked cemetery off from Route 37 between the Knowlesville Road and the Military Road. *Ingred writes "According to Byron Bowen's History of Lewis County book, these flagstones in cemeteries are for the Native Americans who were buried there after the settlers arrived."
Taken on 05/21/08 The old train trestle off from Water Street, over to Sewalls Island, Watertown Bridge and location suggested by AJR II.	Taken on 05/23/08 Another shot from down the street, also old gears and workings. From a dam or other waterworks?	Taken on 05/23/08 Closer pic showing workings from the last pic. Map of the location, with markers and descriptions.
Taken on 06/10/08 Remains of an old bridge in Chaumont. Possibly it was a railroad trestle bridge? Suggested by Don D. *Jill writes - "You are correct, the railroad used to run across that portion of the Chaumont River. The tracks continue into Limerick, and Brownville. The DANC waterline actually follows the old railroad tracks."	Taken on 06/10/08 Close-up of the bank shown in the left of the previous picture.	Taken on 06/10/08 Close-up of the bank shown in the left of the previous picture. *Lloyd writes "The large pier on the left in this picture once supported a swing span. The bridge was abandoned by the New York Central railroad in the early 1950's and removed about 15 years later."
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