by Old Mentz | Sep 8, 2012 | Cayuga County, history, Port Byron
Here is our second mystery photo. It is another from the Bruce Carter files. Can you place this house? At first we were thinking it was the Catholic Church rectory, but the windows don’t match to photos we have of the church. Can you help?
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 | 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...
