A tired pony pauses in the street while the photographer snaps this image. The driver, his face partly obscured by his hat, keeps his hands on the reins. His cargo seems to be small pieces of wood which will probably be used in cooking stoves. The...
This unique brick church has Romanesque arches and quatrefoil windows. "Snow birds" on the edge of the roof break up sliding pieces of snow. Edward Hopper's grandfather was a founder of the Baptist church in Nyack. This was one of many buildings...
Quarrying was Rockland Lake's summer industry. Just south of the docks where ice was loaded onto barges was this huge stone crushing operation, where the trap rock or basalt, was broken into smaller pieces and transported to New York City for the...
The Knickerbocker Engine Company of Rockland Lake, NY owns this 1858 pumper, one of the few pieces of fire-fighting equipment available in the mid-1800s. The fire company would have been closely associated with the Knickerbocker Ice Company, which...
Barges; Construction equipment; Bridges; Bridge construction;
Barges like this one - C & C 43 - moved the large pieces of wood and steel needed to build the Tappan Zee Bridge.The concrete structures stepping across the Hudson River can be seen in the background.
Henry Hansen stands between two large pieces of machinery, a gigantic wheel and a large scoop or shovel. John Scott describes them as relics of the lime quarrying business in Tomkins Cove.
For the centennial parade, the Nyack Recreation Department created a simple float, with ribbons and pieces of sporting equipment attached to a rolling stand.
Suspended from a ceiling beam is a full hull skeletal boat model made by Robert Hart Felter of Nyack in about 1840. Felter was a boat builder and an author of a history of boats, shipping, and boat building along the Hudson River. This model was...
Built to resemble a Tudor half-timbered house, this modern dwelling has a lower story in brick and above that, three-fourths of the structure is stucco and timber. The windows in the upper levels are neatly set between the uprights pieces of...
This ca. 1840 full hull skeletal model was built by Nyack boat builder Robert Hart Felter. This model was assembled from hand cut pieces of wood. The length is 45 inches from stem to stern. The beam is 13 inches and the depth, 5 inches. This was...
A large steel beam is suspended from a crane, hanging in space over River Road in Grand View. It was one of millions of pieces that were necessary to build the Tappan Zee Bridge.
