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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WN8_for-the-birds-historical_Grand-Island-NY.html
The Little Beaver Island marsh is a small, but important piece of the globally important Niagara River bird area. Each year dozens of species migrate, feed, and nest along the Niagara River at this and other locations such as east River Marsh, Mot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UXJ_a-dam-on-tonawanda-creek-historical_Buffalo-NY.html
A Dam on Tonawanda Creek Tonawanda Creek was the only section of the original Erie Canal that was not man-made. The problem was that the creek level ran 4-½ feet too low. The alleviate this, a wooden dam was constructed in 1823 just west of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UXB_the-brewery-historical_Tonawanda-NY.html
In 1847 George Zent opened the first Brewery in Tonawanda at Hinds and Niagara Streets directly ahead of you on top of the embankment. Lured by the unlimited supply of fresh water from from the Niagara River, economical shipping via the Erie Canal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UX8_westward-to-buffalo-historical_Tonawanda-NY.html
The westernmost leg of the Erie Canal completed in 1825 followed a route paralleling the Niagara River between Tonawanda and Buffalo. From where you are standing, the Canal travelled some ten miles through the mostly unsettled Township of Tonawand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UX5_tonawanda-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Tonawanda-NY.html
United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marines United States Coast Guard 1790 Merchant Marines
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UWZ_engineering-the-erie-canal-historical_Tonawanda-NY.html
You are standing on the bed of the Erie Canal, a 363 mile long, 40 ft. wide, 7 ft. deep "ditich" built from 1817 to 1825 that connected Lake Erie waters with the Hudson River and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean. It unleashed a flood of products, peo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UWU_grand-island-ferry-historical_Tonawanda-NY.html
You are standing at the site of Tonawanda's Grand Island Ferry Landing. For nearly a century access to Grand Island was provided by ferry service. The Grand Island Ferry consisted of a tug and scow carrying horses, wagons, automobiles, buses, bicy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UWM_great-ships-of-the-niagara-historical_Tonawanda-NY.html
Three Centuries of Commerce The first great ship to pass by this spot was the Griffin built by Robert de La Salle in 1679 near Cayuga Island just around the bend behind Grand Island. She sailed up the Niagara River past this point on her way to Bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNV_niagara-river-corridor-avian-walk-historical_Buffalo-NY.html
[left panel] Niagara River Corridor, 43°E 07'N, 79°E 04W The Niagara River Corridor is considered an Important Bird Area (IBA). IBAs are areas that are critical to bird populations, including nesting locations, key migration stop-overs and winte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNS_industrial-powerhouse-historical_Buffalo-NY.html
Black Rock developed dramatically in the 19th century due to the Erie Canal and its competing railroads. Mills, factories, and an array of manufacturing plants were constructed along the waterfront with immigrant neighborhoods and commerical areas…
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