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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX8T_early-smithy_Schenectady-NY.html
On this corner site stoodfirst Bellevue Blacksmithshop, from 1885 to 1925.Started by Julius Zander,followed by Julius Zemke.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQFT_schenectadys-little-italy_Schenectady-NY.html
BenvenutiWelcome toSchenectady's Little Italy———————————————-This Gateway and Street are dedicated to Italian immigrants who came to Schenectady during the g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPO7_alco-site_Schenectady-NY.html
On this three-acre plotin 1848 was founded thelocomotive works whichprospered until 1968 asAmerican Locomotive Co.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMXL_cur-non_Schenectady-NY.html
Cur Non!On June 11, 1825Major GeneralMarquis De Lafayette,Soldier, Statesman,Citizen of FranceAnd of the United States,Was the Guest of theHonorable Joseph C. Yates,Governor of TheState of New York.Erected By the AmericanFriends of Lafayette.May 2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJS_plymouth-church-of-the-pilgrims_Schenectady-NY.html
The congregation of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims hired Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) as their first minister, approving of his abolitionist sentiments. Beecher protested the Fugitive Slave Laws of 1850, exhorting his congregation to place the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJR_joseph-c-yates_Schenectady-NY.html
Here Was BornJoseph C. Yates,Nov. 9, 1768.He was the First Mayor of Schenectady,State Senator, Judge of theSupreme Court, and Governor of theState of New York,Died at his Residence, East CornerGovernor's Lane, March 19, 1837.Centennial Tablet 1898.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLPY_site-of-queens-fort_Schenectady-NY.html
Built in 1705, as a triple stockade. Rebuilt in 1735, on heavy hewn timbers set on stone wall ten feet high. Fort was one hundred feet square, with blockhouse at each corner, twenty four feet square and twenty feet high. Was capable of holding thr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLNR_southwest-corner-of-stockade_Schenectady-NY.html
Southwest Corner of Stockade, was twenty-eight feet South, from a point one hundred feet west, of this tablet. A blockhouse or fort, containing the royal flagstaff, stood in this angle of stockade, and was burned on night of massacre, Feb. 8-9, 16…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLM3_whipple-bowstring-truss_Schenectady-NY.html
Whipple Bowstring TrussAn Example of the First ScientificallyDesigned Bridge TrussCommemorating the Contributionsto Bridge Engineering of Squire Whipple, Class of 1830A gift from theCity of Johnstown, New YorkReconstructed at its Present Location …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGO3_enlarged-erie-canal-lock-23_Schenectady-NY.html
The stonework surrounding you is the remains of lock 23 of the Enlarged Erie Canal. Canal boats, drawn by mules and horses, passed through the chambers on either side of you on their way toward revolutionizing transportation in the mid-nineteenth …
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