September 8, 2012Cayuga County, history, Port Byron

Mystery Photo #2

Here is our second mystery photo. It is another from the Bruce Carter files. Can you place this house? At […]

April 6, 2012Cayuga County, Don Gallagher, downtown, history, Mincemeat, Port Byron

Old Mincemeat Factory – 1972

I found a bunch of photos that I will highlight here on the blog over the coming days. These two […]

March 29, 2012Cayuga County, history, Port Byron, school students

Society of AKA- 1910

This photo is labeled “Society of AKA girls of the Port Byron High School June, 1910”, and it is from […]

March 28, 2012aqueduct, Cayuga County, Centerport, Erie Canal, history, Weedsport, West Shore RR

Centerport Aqueduct – 1957

This is the Centerport Aqueduct on April 22, 1957. This aqueduct is located about 2 miles east of Port Byron. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]