New York, Niagara County, Ransomville
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William Gentile's hardware store opened c.1890s. His son, Harry expanded the operation and founded a funeral parlor. The Post Office operated on the east side.
(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
William Gentile's hardware store opened c.1890s. His son, Harry expanded the operation and founded a funeral parlor. The Post Office operated on the east side.(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Owned by W.R.Curtiss & Co. The world's largest poultry enterprise in the early twentieth century.
For over a century, this two-acre block was occupied by a mansion known as Colross. Built in 1800 by John Potts, the mansion, with its outbuildings, gardens, orchard, and a "clover lot" was in effect a small plantation.
Since 1848 many bridges have spanned the Niagara Gorge below Niagara Falls. The design and construction of these bridges was necessary for the economic development of the Niagara Falls area. The demand for safe and convenient crossings was easily apparent. This need provided a great challenge to civil engineers and to the development of bridge engineering technology. The successful crossing of the gorge required the skill of many engineers willing to take risks and extend their engineering knowledge beyond established limits. Their foresight and intuition contributed to the refinement and advancement of design techniques for suspension and arch bridges.
Niagara Suspension Bridge - 1848; Lewiston & Queenston Suspension Bridge - 1851; Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge - 1855; Niagara Falls and Clifton Suspension Bridge - 1869; Niagara Cantilever Railway Bridge - 1883; Niagara Railway (Whirlpool Rapids) Arch Bridge - 1897*; Falls View (Honeymoon) Arch Bridge - 1898; Lewiston & Queenston Suspension Bridge - 1899; Michigan Central Arch Bridge - 1925*; Rainbow Arch Bridge - 1941*; Lewiston-Queenston Arch Bridge - 1962* * Currently in use.
American Society of Civil Engineers 1852 CSCE SCGC Designated 1992 Dedicated 2005
Presented by The American Society of Civil Engineers and The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.
Many of the men of the 41st Regiment had been stationed in Canada for 13 years. By October 5, 1813, they had not been paid for 6 to 9 months; they lacked tents and blankets; their uniforms were in rags; they were plagued by a variety of diseases; and they had not had proper food for days. British Ensign James Cochran observed, "The attack was silently awaited, each determined to do his duty, but few with any doubt as to the result."
As Lieutenant Colonel James Johnson's horsemen were charging the British front line, his brother, Colonel Richard Johnson led an attack against the First Nations warriors in Backmetack Marsh. The mounted infantry charged the Native left flank led by 20 riders, called "The Forlorn Hope," who were intended to draw the warriors' fire and empty their guns. Tecumseh's allies fired a devastating volley at close range that cut down 15 of the riders. The casualties included Colonel Johnson who was wounded five times but was able to shoot a Native chief just as the warrior was about to strike him with a tomahawk. The horseman became so entangled in the growth of the marsh that they had to dismount and fight on foot.
Built in 1945 for $468,700, Carver Court was a public housing development set up by the Orlando Housing Authority in an effort to stimulate the economy, resolve growing slum and housing problems, and meet local demands associated with the massive defense buildup that had occurred during World War II. The development consisted of 16 one-story buildings and 12 two-story buildings. Carver Court was a prime example of a planned residential community, reflecting important urban planning and housing design theories of the period. As a well-defined group of affordable, multi-family, residential buildings organized around open spaces, Carver Court exemplified public housing projects constructed throughout the country during the late 1930s and 1940s. A team of Orlando’s most prominent architects and landscape architects, including Arthur Beck (1899-1990), the first Jewish architect in Orlando, Herbert L. Flint, landscape designer for the first public housing complex in Jacksonville, and F. Earl DeLoe (b. 1893), designed the housing complex. Originally built to house African-American families, Carver Court reflected attitudes toward segregation and the housing of low-income families that were characteristic of the time.
At some point during the attack on Backmetack Marsh, Tecumseh was fatally shot. As word spread of their leader's death, one American account tells of the warriors giving, "the loudest yells I ever heard from human beings and that ended the fight."
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