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Object
Photos or illustrations of artifacts of an entity.
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Title
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New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, North Tonawanda to Buffalo, ticket (1910).jpg
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1910
railroad
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58d991e7765d3962f7b7e5e92b8c5011
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Erie Railroad Bridge over canal at Vandervoort
Description
An account of the resource
The Erie Bridge at Vandervoort carried Erie Railroad trains, electric streetcars--and apparently courageous pedestrians across the Tonawanda Creek and Erie Canal.
Postcard
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Erie Bridge, Tonawanda, postcard (1916).jpg
Date
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1916
Description
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This bridge no longer exists; it carried the former Erie RR across Tonawanda Creek at the foot of Vandervoort Street. Heading northwest, the railroad line continued to just east of the present-day Railroad Museum, along East Oliver Street, and across Oliver Street.
bridge
railroad
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Tonawanda Iron and Steel
Description
An account of the resource
You wouldn't know it from the site today, but the massive plant of the Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company once occupied all the land along the Niagara River from Wheatfield Street to present-day Fisherman's Park. <br /><br />Iron is first produced on this site in 1872 by the Niagara Furnace Company. After about a year, production stops. In 1889, Tonawanda Iron & Steel buys and modernizes the plant. President McKinley fires up its mighty Furnace B with great ceremony and the flip of a switch from his home in Ohio in 1895. <br /><br />The iron plant draws workers to the area, many Hungarian and Polish, who settle in a village called "<a href="http://www.nthistory.com/collections/show/83">Ironton</a>," just north of North Tonawanda proper. <br /><br />Somewhere around 1912 poor management and a poor economy stop the furnaces again. The plant lies unused until purchased by Tonawanda Iron Corp. in 1922.<br /><br />By 2017, the site has been cleared and converted into a small medical park and Fisherman's Park.
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"Tonawanda Iron Corp., Is One of Largest Manufacturers of Pig Iron." Tonawanda News, 1929 (in this collection).
Photo
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Tonawanda Iron Corp train, photo (c1920).jpg
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1920
iron
railroad
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Tonawanda Iron and Steel
Description
An account of the resource
You wouldn't know it from the site today, but the massive plant of the Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company once occupied all the land along the Niagara River from Wheatfield Street to present-day Fisherman's Park. <br /><br />Iron is first produced on this site in 1872 by the Niagara Furnace Company. After about a year, production stops. In 1889, Tonawanda Iron & Steel buys and modernizes the plant. President McKinley fires up its mighty Furnace B with great ceremony and the flip of a switch from his home in Ohio in 1895. <br /><br />The iron plant draws workers to the area, many Hungarian and Polish, who settle in a village called "<a href="http://www.nthistory.com/collections/show/83">Ironton</a>," just north of North Tonawanda proper. <br /><br />Somewhere around 1912 poor management and a poor economy stop the furnaces again. The plant lies unused until purchased by Tonawanda Iron Corp. in 1922.<br /><br />By 2017, the site has been cleared and converted into a small medical park and Fisherman's Park.
Source
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"Tonawanda Iron Corp., Is One of Largest Manufacturers of Pig Iron." Tonawanda News, 1929 (in this collection).
Photo
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Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company locomotive, photo detail (1900s?).jpg
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1900
iron
railroad
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https://nthistory.com/files/original/6319f4abc4f2ba2d3ddbc3bb54ef83e9.jpg
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Tonawanda Iron and Steel
Description
An account of the resource
You wouldn't know it from the site today, but the massive plant of the Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company once occupied all the land along the Niagara River from Wheatfield Street to present-day Fisherman's Park. <br /><br />Iron is first produced on this site in 1872 by the Niagara Furnace Company. After about a year, production stops. In 1889, Tonawanda Iron & Steel buys and modernizes the plant. President McKinley fires up its mighty Furnace B with great ceremony and the flip of a switch from his home in Ohio in 1895. <br /><br />The iron plant draws workers to the area, many Hungarian and Polish, who settle in a village called "<a href="http://www.nthistory.com/collections/show/83">Ironton</a>," just north of North Tonawanda proper. <br /><br />Somewhere around 1912 poor management and a poor economy stop the furnaces again. The plant lies unused until purchased by Tonawanda Iron Corp. in 1922.<br /><br />By 2017, the site has been cleared and converted into a small medical park and Fisherman's Park.
Source
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"Tonawanda Iron Corp., Is One of Largest Manufacturers of Pig Iron." Tonawanda News, 1929 (in this collection).
Photo
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Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company locomotive, photo (1900s?).jpg
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1900
iron
railroad
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Photo
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Unknown (Erie Canal in Tonawanda?), photo (c1890).jpg
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1890
Description
An account of the resource
Seen on eBay labeled as "Erie Canal in Tonawanda," but there is no corroboration for the claim. <a href="mailto:me@denisreedjr.com">Please email us</a> if you know more!
canal
erie-canal
railroad