Little Dirk R. DeWitt joins "Casey" in the cab of the massive engine on the Wallkill Valley Railroad, New Paltz-Gardiner section. This steam locomotive was an engine in the Ten Wheeler class (4-6-0s). It was originally one of twenty made in...
A handwritten letter to the Haverstraw Brick & Clay Co from the Secretary of the Garnerville Railroad written in 1888 in which the brick company is informed that the railroad line will pass over the brick company's land. At the bottom of the page,...
A newspaper article reporting a slave ship captured along the coast of Cuba in 1857. The captives, aged from ten to eighteen years, described as unfortunate creatures, taken from a place called Kabinda, on the coast of Africa. Of the 500 taken,...
An aerial view of the shoreline of Haverstraw. The mountains show prominently on the left of the photo and the Hudson River on the right. A railroad track surrounded densly on both sides by trees is clearly visible in the foreground. Further along...
Pearl River (N.Y.); Aerial views; Buildings; Factories; Railroads; Advertisements;
This is a panoramic map drawn by Rene Cinquin from an aerial photo of Pearl River, N.Y. This map was used by realtors for publicity. All of the structures in town are represented. All streets are shown. There is an article below the picture...
Aerial photographs; Railroads; Railroad tracks; Business districts;
This photograph was taken from an airplane (note the end of a wing) over the Village of Nanuet, where the railroad crosses Middletown Road in the industrial/business district. It may have been taken in the 1960s. The larger railroad was the...
Following a powerful blizzard, a number of men are digging a locomotive out of a gigantic snowdrift near Liberty, NY. The train was on the Erie Railroad which was an important transportation link between the eastern and western parts of New York...
Newspaper clipping relates an early history of the fresh milk dairy industry. Believe written by Edward Harold Mott, famed author of “Between the Ocean and the Lakes; The Story of Erie.”
View from Bear Mountain Bridge Road, looking at the Hudson River. Train tracks are along the shoreline. This is part of the New York City Central Railroad's Hudson Line's tracks that run along the river below the road for a one-mile stretch of...
The railroad tracks and Broadway ran parallel to each other on this stretch, before the Thruway interchange was built. This is very similar to image #2503.
Looking east from Erie Street (near Van Terrace) in Blauvelt, the West Shore Railroad is in the center of the photo and the highway, now Route 303, is in the mid-background. Clausland Mountain is in the distance. The two-chimney stone house on the...
Three-page document describing specifications of proposed Poughkeepsie Bridge and identifying railroads to utilize bridge on east and west sides of the Hudson River. Includes map of railroad system in relation to proposed bridge location.
A locomotive pulling passenger cars approaches the Broadway crossing, just a dirt road, in South Nyack. Two Victorian houses with mansard roofs are in the mid-section of the picture. The scene is tranquil, except for the approaching train.
