by Old Mentz | Apr 4, 2013 | aqueduct, Cayuga County, Erie Canal, Mentz, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron, Wilt's Mill
It is not too often that I get to see a Dayharsh original, but here is one of Wilt’s Mill. It has the raised lettering in the lower right corner that shows it was made by Mr. Dayharsh all those years ago.Standing on the Green Street bridge, we are looking...
by Old Mentz | Mar 24, 2013 | Erie Canal, Hayden's Dam, Hayden's Mill, Mentz, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron
This is a nice image taken around the Port Byron area, but not of Port Byron. Of course, if the postcard printer had put down “Hayden’s Dam, Mentz, NY”, no one would know where this was.This photo is of a dam that goes way back to the 1820’s....
by Old Mentz | Dec 22, 2012 | Cayuga County, Erie Canal, Lock 52, Mentz, Port Byron
Here is a view of Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 52, which was taken on a winters day when the canal. Compare this to the other photo of Lock 52.The wooden platform that the people are standing on was a strainer to keep floating debris out of the turbine / overflow culvert...
by Old Mentz | Dec 17, 2012 | Erie Canal, Lock 52, Port Byron
Enlarged Lock 52 replaced the older Clinton’s Ditch Lock 60, which was located just to the left of this photo. Here we are standing on the bank that separated Tanner’s Drydock from the canal. Just behind would be the entrance to the drydock works.Across...
by Old Mentz | Dec 9, 2012 | Don Gallagher, Erie Canal, Lock 52, Port Byron
The Lock 52 Historical Society takes its name from Lock 52 on the Erie Canal. I think Lock 52 is the only old canal lock you can see from the NYS Thruway, and many people see it, albeit very quickly, as they zoom by on the highway.The top photo was taken around 1935,...
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....
