Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Abandoned Delaware and Hudson train terminal in Rouses Point, NY, built in
1889. Charles
writes: "Hillary Clinton, then our senator, secured $750,000 for our village to
restore it. We are just awaiting a couple of contractors getting free time. Note
the turrets and Victorian look. Current thought is leaning towards turning the
terminal into a village historical museum."
There are also a few more pics on
page 40. |
Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Close-up of the front.
Historical Marker
The grounds were formally
a maze of train tracks. They have all been removed. |
Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Close-up of an interesting part of the structure.
CharlesB writes additionally; "It is an established fact
that President James Monroe spent a day in Rouses Point and saw the location as
strategic to U.S. border defense. He suggested that a large brick and mortar
fort be built there - the future Fort Montgomery.
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Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Train Roundhouse.
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Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Behind one of the doors of the roundhouse.
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Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Building for washing down railway cars by hose, etc.
Kabs
writes: "The roundhouse wasn't built for hosing anything down. In fact, most
railroads, the D&H included, didn't bother to wash their steam locomotives.
Every so often, maybe they'd go over them with a mop soaked in kerosene to make
them shine, but that's about it. Roundhouses were built in the steam era as a
way to store and maintain the locomotives, as well as repair and prepare them
for their next trips. Other buildings on the site would be a coach shop, which
was used to repair passenger stock, a coaling tower which was used for fuel,
water tower for water, and in some cases a freight house where less than carload
items were sorted and shipped out." |
Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Small building for holding freight.
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Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Inside building for hosing down trains.
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Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Train turntable adjacent to roundhouse. Could send engines to different
roundhouse bays, or spin an engine towards Malone, Canada, Vermont, or
Plattsburgh.
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Date taken - October 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Closer look at the mechanism gives you an idea of how turntable worked.
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Date taken - August 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Fort
Montgomery, Rouses Point, NY.
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Date taken - August 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Another
view of this Civil War era masonry fort that has not been garrisoned in over 100
years.
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Date taken - August 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Part of
it was destroyed during the Great Depression to obtain stones to form the base
of a new bridge across Lake Champlain. CharlesB writes that it has a
fascinating story.
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Date taken - August 2009. Photo by Charles B.
A different angle. All ordinance has been removed - cannons, etc.
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Date taken - August 2009. Photo by Charles B.
CharlesB,
the photographer, writes that "It is now on NY State's list of places to
preserve or rebuild."
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Date taken - August 2009. Photo by Charles B.
Inside
Fort Montgomery.
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Date taken - Summer 2007. Photo by Charles B.
This
small farm is just off Route 5 in Clarence Hollow, Erie County, NY.
CharlesB says that no one has lived in this house for at least three years.
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Date taken - Summer 2007. Photo by Charles B.
Newer rope, old barn and silo.
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