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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CM4_sharing-the-flow_NY.html
Sharing the Flow. The waterfall in front of you spans only half of its original width. The left half disappeared long ago into Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company (later, International Paper Company) penstocks. The remainder of the waterfall fed bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CM2_split-13-inch-mortar_NY.html
Split 13-inch Mortar. On August 1, 1776 this English mortar exploded at Ticonderoga during a test firing. In the War of 18 12, this piece was used as ballast in an American warship on Lake Champlain. It was in the remains of that vessel that this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CLQ_the-power-of-water_NY.html
The Power of Water. The waters of Lake George falling over Bicentennial Falls today form a pretty backdrop for Bicentennial Park. For more than two hundred years this waterfall also produced power. Beginning with a French sawmill in 1756, soldiers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CK6_tower-avenue-grindstones_NY.html
Tower Avenue Grindstones. The grindstones lining this street were used by the early mills operating in the 1800's. The mills were located in the entire area of the falls on the La Chute River. They were salvaged by Vincent Strebe and erected in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CK4_riviere-de-la-chute_NY.html
Rivière de La Chute. At these lower falls stood the sawmill used in 1755 by the French to build Fort Carillon, and by the British in 1759 to build a fleet and the forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. Ticonderoga Historical Society
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CK2_a-way-to-the-world_NY.html
A Way to the World. The La Chute River supplied more than power for the mills. It also connected to Lake Champlain and the wider world. People and goods traveled much more easily by water than by land, so the corridor formed by Lake Champlain, Lak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CJM_1756-french-saw-mill-on-la-chute-river_NY.html
1756 French Saw Mill on La Chute River. In 1756 the French erected a mill on the river opposite this spot for sawing and preparing timbers used in Fort Carillon, renamed Fort Ticonderoga when captured by General Amherst in 1759. . . General Aber…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BFE_the-soldiers-monument_Crown-Point-NY.html
To the memory of the Brave volunteers of Crown Point, who gave their lives as a sacrifice for their country and humanity in suppression of the Great Rebellion of 1861-1865. This monument is erected by their grateful fellow citizen, C.F. Hammond
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226O_the-1929-lake-champlain-bridge_Port-Henry-NY.html
Charles M. Spofford, an engineer of the Boston firm Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, designed the 1929 Lake Champlain Bridge. It was the first American highway bridge to employ a continuous truss design to create a curving transition between the deck ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226M_meacham-house_Port-Henry-NY.html
Built in 1818 by
Capt. William Meacham