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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TZ_the-great-american-canal_Rochester-NY.html
The Great American Canal The Erie Canal was the most important of America's inland waterways. It facilitated the opening of the American frontier and provided a route west for tens of thousands of settlers and immigrants. Villages, town, and citie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21YM_roll-coating-wheel_Rochester-NY.html
This Roll Coating Wheel represents the beginnings of the acetate film maufacturing process for the Eastman Kodak Company.
The acetate base is cast onto the wheel surface, cures enough to be stripped off after one revolution, and is conveyed throu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21YL_richardson-farm_Rochester-NY.html
Former underground
railroad station, owner
Dave Richardson was known
by Blacks for his booming
voice, 250 lb, 6 ft frame.
City of Rochester 1834-1984
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21UY_irondequoit-bay_Rochester-NY.html
Where the Lake Turns Aside. This is the meaning of the Native American word from which the name Irondequoit was derived. Native people used the bay for access to the lake. Explorers hoped that it led to China. For early traders and merchants it be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21UQ_kings-landing-1796_Rochester-NY.html
King's Landing 1796 First white settlement and lake port west of the Genesee River. Founded by Gideon King and Zadock Granger, Revolutionary soldiers, five log houses and a blacksmith shop were erected nearby on Landing Road with a warehouse and w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WQ6_nursery-office-historical_Rochester-NY.html
Nursery Office Designed by A.J. Davis in the Gothic style, 1855 for Ellwanger and Barry, the nurserymen who made Rochester the Flower City.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WQ5_st-marys-hospital-historical_Rochester-NY.html
St. Mary's Hospital Opened in September 1857 by the Sisters of Charity from Emmitsburg, Maryland. Cared for over 3000 sick and wounded Civil War Soldiers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WQ4_margaret-woodbury-strong-historical_Rochester-NY.html
Margaret Woodbury Strong loved to play and recognized the importance of play to learning. She founded The Stong in 1968, and it opened to the public in 1982. The Strong is the only collections-based museum in the world devoted soley to the study o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WPP_george-eastman-house-historical_Rochester-NY.html
George Eastman House has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Site Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WPN_ford-street-bridge-historical_Rochester-NY.html
New York Historic Marker Ford Street Bridge (Formerly Clarissa Street Bridge) Originally built - 1918 Original width - 39' Rehabilitation date - 2001 New width - 50'