by Old Mentz | Jan 22, 2013 | downtown, Mentz, Port Byron, Port Byron school
It is 1938 and the new school is complete. This photo gives us a real nice view of Port Byron. See what you can find. The Warren Mill, with the millpond in the upper right corner, the churches on Church Street, the lumber and coal yard, the route of the old Erie Canal...
by Old Mentz | Jan 20, 2013 | 1925, downtown, Miller's Store, Port Byron, Rochester Street, winter storm
There are a series of photographs taken of the big 1925 winter storm when about three feet of snow fell on Port Byron and the region. Here is one that is seldom seen.Miller’s Store was in the second building from the corner. It is also listed as a grocery,...
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 | Dec 7, 2012 | downtown, James M Hearn Grocery, Mentz, Park Hotel, Port Byron, Vaughan's Pharmacy
Here is the second part of our downtown walk about. Vaughan’s Pharmacy is seen to the left of the photo, then James M Hearn’s Grocery, Bert Schotz’s clothing store. If you need wallpaper, Vaughan’s is the place for you.
