Lock 52 Historical Society of Port Byron NY

January 20, 20131925, downtown, Miller's Store, Port Byron, Rochester Street, winter storm

Rochester St and Miller’s Store 1925

  There are a series of photographs taken of the big 1925 winter storm when about three feet of snow […]

December 22, 2012Cayuga County, Erie Canal, Lock 52, Mentz, Port Byron

Lock 52 in the Winter

Here is a view of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 52, which was taken on a winters day when the canal. […]

December 17, 2012Erie Canal, Lock 52, Port Byron

More of Lock 52

Enlarged Lock 52 replaced the older Clinton’s Ditch Lock 60, which was located just to the left of this photo. […]

December 9, 2012Don Gallagher, Erie Canal, Lock 52, Port Byron

Lock 52 on the Erie Canal

The Lock 52 Historical Society takes its name from Lock 52 on the Erie Canal. I think Lock 52 is […]

December 7, 2012downtown, James M Hearn Grocery, Mentz, Park Hotel, Port Byron, Vaughan's Pharmacy

Downtown Walk-about, Part 2

Here is the second part of our downtown walk about. Vaughan’s Pharmacy is seen to the left of the photo, […]

December 3, 2012Cayuga County, Crane's Department Store, downtown, Interurban railroad, Port Byron, trolley

A Downtown Walk-About

(Click on the picture to see it in a larger size. This works with all the pictures on this blog.) […]

November 26, 2012Don Gallagher

Don Gallagher

I never knew the man, but he deserves many thanks for preserving many of the photos I have been using […]

November 26, 2012Cayuga County, Don Gallagher, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron, Rochester Street, St. John's Church

St John’s Church

A view of St John’s that I have never seen before. Don Gallagher wrote;“Rochester Street in foreground. Left to right- […]

November 23, 2012downtown, Mentz, Port Byron, shopping

Need a last minute gift? 1922

Taken from a December 1922 Port Byron Chronicle. 

November 23, 2012downtown, Port Byron

Trolley Restaurant- Port Byron

If you are cold after shoveling all that snow, stop in at the Trolley Restaurant for a warm pick me […]