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Abandoned Elevated Track (Gilbertville, MA)

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:45:24 +0000

On the Hardwick (Gilbertville), Massachusetts bank of the Ware River runs a few hundred feed of abandoned elevated rail track.The track runs north under Bridge Street and disappears from view. South of Bridge Street, the rail starts level with the pavement and gradually increases elevation. Several hundred feet south of Bridge Street at a height of about fifty feet, the elevated rail abruptly stops.Just beyond the end of the elevated rail are some factory buildings. These buildings appear...

Old Lock 62, Pittsford, NY

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:51:37 +0000

This is an abandoned lock of the old Erie Canal, nestled behind a shopping mall (Pittsford Plaza). The Erie Canal used to travel through the middle of Rochester, NY (and other major upstate cities like Syracuse and Buffalo) but when it was widened in the early 1900's it was rerouted to go around city centers. This lock is part of one of the sections that was abandoned when this rerouting took place. Most of the rest of the old canal route was used to build a streetcar and later an...