March 13, 2012Cayuga County, Erie Canal, history, Lock 52, NYS Thruway, Port Byron Guidone’s Hill in 1951 It is 1951 and the State is building the New York State Thruway. Lock 52 of the old Enlarged Erie […]
March 4, 2012aqueduct, Cayuga County, Erie Canal, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron, Port Byron school The Outlet and School – 1957 This photo was taken in 1957 by a Canal Society of New York State member who was photographing existing canal […]
February 19, 2012Cayuga County, history, Interurban railroad, Port Byron, powerhouse, Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern, trolley Trolley Powerhouse This brick building still stands on the west side of the village. It was built as the Rochester, Syracuse, and […]
February 10, 20121947, Cayuga County, history, Port Byron, Route 31 1947 Road Work It’s 1947 and the State is paving the highway between Port Byron and Weedsport. These photo’s were sent to me […]
January 5, 2012Cayuga County, Port Byron, school teachers Spring 1947 Port Byron School Teachers pose for a group photo in 1947. I need to wonder if the lack of young […]
December 7, 2011Cayuga County, Erie Canal, history, Port Byron Port Byron Lumber and Fuel, and the Federated Church These photos were taken in May 1968, when the Arnold Barben, then President of the Canal Society of New York […]
December 4, 2011Cayuga County, dry dock, Erie Canal, history, Port Byron, Tanners Tanner’s Dry Dock This photo was taken from the west side of the drydock, looking toward the construction shops. The “LOIS of Snug […]