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Date taken - October 2009.  Photo by Charles B.
Close-up of the front.
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Historical Marker
The grounds were formerly 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.
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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.
 

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.
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Comments from visitors:
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."
Russ N. writes: "And the reason that so many roundhouses are now abandoned is that diesel engines need much much less repair than do steam engines. When the steam engines went away, so did the roundhouses.
I have some photos of the roundhouse in Watertown: https://www.flickr.com/photos/russnelson/sets/72157608138338285/ There's also a ton of information on roundhouses in New York State: https://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=128&t=68802&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=150

Date taken - October 2009.  Photo by Charles B.
Small building for holding freight. 
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Comments from visitors:
On 7/18/13 Jim Leggett writes: "This building was used for tools and train parts, which supplied the Car Dept and Roundhouse."

Date taken - October 2009.  Photo by Charles B.
Inside building for hosing down trains.
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Date taken - August 2009.  Photo by Charles B.
Fort Montgomery, Rouses Point, NY.
Wikipedia Entry.
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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.
Newer rope, old barn and silo.
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