by Old Mentz | May 27, 2012 | Blake's Pharmacy, Port Byron
The Port Byron Drug Store as seen in the early 1900’s. The store was located in the lower left part of the Masonic Block, or what is known today as the hardware store.
by Old Mentz | Apr 29, 2012 | Barge Canal, Don Gallagher, Mosquito Point
Don Gallagher wrote on this photo;1961- Front view of Mosquito Point Hotel on Route 38 located on the Barge Canal and Seneca River between Port Byron and Conquest. Picture taken in 1961. Hotel owned by Don Gallagher and Bess Burns. I sold it to Ed and Babiarz of...
by Old Mentz | Apr 20, 2012 | Barge Canal, bridge, Don Gallagher, Mosquito Point, Port Byron
This was the bridge that once crossed the Seneca River at Mosquito Point. Don Gallagher wrote on this photo that the last span was over the barge canal and that the third span was over the Seneca River, most likely meaning the old branch of the river that went around...
by Old Mentz | Apr 6, 2012 | Cayuga County, Don Gallagher, downtown, history, Mincemeat, Port Byron
I found a bunch of photos that I will highlight here on the blog over the coming days. These two were taken at the same time by Jesse Pingert, and come from the collection of Donald Gallagher of Weedsport. The description on the back states that the factory roof caved...
by Old Mentz | Mar 29, 2012 | Cayuga County, history, Port Byron, school students
This photo is labeled “Society of AKA girls of the Port Byron High School June, 1910”, and it is from the collection of Vera Abbie Gutchess Higgenbottom. Vera is the very pretty young lady in the back row with the mark over her head.
by Old Mentz | Mar 28, 2012 | aqueduct, Cayuga County, Centerport, Erie Canal, history, Weedsport, West Shore RR
This is the Centerport Aqueduct on April 22, 1957. This aqueduct is located about 2 miles east of Port Byron. Notice West Brutus Street as it passes under the West Shore Railroad embankment.It wasn’t long after this photo was taken that the tracks were removed....
by Old Mentz | Mar 13, 2012 | Cayuga County, Erie Canal, history, Lock 52, NYS Thruway, Port Byron
It is 1951 and the State is building the New York State Thruway. Lock 52 of the old Enlarged Erie Canal sits off in the weeds as the excavator eats away at Guidone’s Hill.
by Old Mentz | Mar 4, 2012 | aqueduct, Cayuga County, Erie Canal, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron, Port Byron school
This photo was taken in 1957 by a Canal Society of New York State member who was photographing existing canal structures. But so much more can be seen. The auto garage on the banks of the Outlet next to St John’s; the old Creamery; the church next to the school;...
by Old Mentz | Feb 19, 2012 | Cayuga County, history, Interurban railroad, Port Byron, powerhouse, Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern, trolley
This brick building still stands on the west side of the village. It was built as the Rochester, Syracuse, and Eastern Railroad, a fast service interurban that carried passengers between the two cities from 1909 to 1931.The term powerhouse is a bit misleading. All the...
by Old Mentz | Feb 10, 2012 | 1947, Cayuga County, history, Port Byron, Route 31
It’s 1947 and the State is paving the highway between Port Byron and Weedsport. These photo’s were sent to me by Carol Ayers.Carol writes; “There pictures were taken from his home on 26 Rochester Street by Arthur Dixon who was a heating and plumber...
