Railroads; Railroad stations; Railroad tracks; Water tanks;
A train passes a water tower as it approaches this Wallkill Valley Railroad depot from the north. Located at what is now 5 Main Street, New Paltz, NY, the depot was built in 1907. An original 1870-71 depot had been destroyed by a fire earlier in...
A night view of tanks, gauges, copper tubes, etc. a cat run with metal stairs and walkways extend around everything. This is part of the Lederle Laboratories Division of American Cyanamid complex. American Cyanamid was a large, diversified,...
This is a night view of tanks, gauges, copper tubes, etc. run with metal stairs and walkways around them. This is the Solvent Recovery Unit at Lederle Laboratories. The levels vary from one story to three stories, with lit lights throughout. There...
Two pictures. In the first picture is a water tank. The second picture shows a line of buildings along railroad tracks. In the distance there is a bridge over the tracks.
This is a view across water looking towards an industrial factory. The factory sits on a pier. The building is long and low. There are water tanks and smoke stacks extending from the building.
Station 3643+20 to Station 3686+00. Section in Village of Montgomery. Location of Coal Storage, Tool Houses, Snow Burners, Water Mains, Gate Houses, sewers, Supervisors House, Office, Pump House, wells, tanks, Carknockers Building, Car Repair...
Main section of switching terminal in Village of Maybrook. Location of structures in switching terminal: Lumber Shed, Water Closet, Office, Barn, Main Diesel Fueling Facilities, Switchmans Shanty, Engine Washing Machine, Platform Wheel Shop,...
In 1925, the ferry slips dominated the Nyack waterfront. To right of center are the oil tanks of Standard Oil. On the left, an unfinished Memorial Park looks bare. This postcard is a reprint of a 1925 photograph.
Pipes, wheels, gauges, and tanks fill the interior of the Nyack Gas Plant in 1902. This business predated Rockland Power and Light and Orange and Rockland Utilities. Photo made from a John Scott slide.
In 1947, the Nyack waterfront was a place of business. Scanning from left to right, one sees a greenhouse, a rowing club, a marine supply business, the old ferry slip, and a large collection of oil storage tanks.
Despite its proximity to the Nyack waterfront and the Hudson River, the northeast corner of Gedney and Main Streets was a vacant lot for many years. The soil was contaminated by oil leaking from huge tanks; it has now been mostly cleaned up. The...
The Nyack Air Marine Base was established at the foot of Main Street, in the former ferry terminal building. The picture shows a desolate area along the waterfront. When the waterfront was revitalized in the 1970s,the storage tanks at the right...
Lederle Laboratories of the American Cyanimid Company occupies a huge campus on Middletown Road between Pearl River and Nanuet, NY. These buildings contain acres of productions lines, million dollar fermentation tanks, control labs, offices, and...
John Lodico, Sr. talks about growing up in Upper Nyack near the river in the Van Houten's Landing neighborhood near the river. He focuses on the Italian American immigrant culture there, particularly as epitomized by his father, his time at Nyack...
Fire fighters; Fire engines & equipment; Fire fighting; Fire stations;
Everett "Smoky" Wanamaker talks about Empire Hook and Ladder Company in Upper Nyack and the role of the Wanamkaer family in the department. The origins of "The Goosetown against the World" slogan of the department are discussed as well as some of...
A wooded area between Sparkill and Palisades, overlooking the Piermont Marsh, was once an oil tank 'farm.' This is one of very few photographs which show the tanks. The land is now part of Tallman Mountain State Park, where the berms between the...
