Overall description of the Upstate New York album (NG506) contents
Identifier
NG506001a
Title
Overall description of the Upstate New York album (NG506) contents
Subject
Operations
Description
ABOUT THESE PICTURES
The photographs in this album were taken in a variety of places in upper-central New York State. The general area involved is defined by Syracuse-Canastota on the northeast, Geneva on the northwest, Bath on the southwest, and Sayre-Waverly on the southeast. To be exact, some of the Lehigh Valley shots taken around Sayre are in Pennsylvania territory, but none of these scenes are more than a mile from the New York State line. There is much to be said for this area as far as natural beauty is concerned. It is bordered on the north by the Erie Canal, and broadly speaking, by the lowlands along the southern shore of Lake Ontario. On the south, the Chemung River forms the border, running generally southeastward to a junction with the Susquehanna at Sayre. Several of the picturesque Finger Lakes are included, among them the two largest, Cayuga and Seneca. Most of the terrain is broken up by winding stream valleys hemmed in by low ridges. All the railroads in the area follow natural watercourses, which may be either broad and tranquil or narrow and turbulent. This results in some impressive scenery along the various rights-of-way, and in difficult operating conditions on occasion. The railroads involved are the aforementioned Lehigh Valley, the New York Central, the Pennsylvania, the Erie, the Lackawanna, and the miniature Bath and Hammondsport. The ensuing photographs illustrate the diverse ways in which these lines have set up operations in a physically-diverse region.
Saint James, Long Island September 7, 1949
The photographs in this album were taken in a variety of places in upper-central New York State. The general area involved is defined by Syracuse-Canastota on the northeast, Geneva on the northwest, Bath on the southwest, and Sayre-Waverly on the southeast. To be exact, some of the Lehigh Valley shots taken around Sayre are in Pennsylvania territory, but none of these scenes are more than a mile from the New York State line. There is much to be said for this area as far as natural beauty is concerned. It is bordered on the north by the Erie Canal, and broadly speaking, by the lowlands along the southern shore of Lake Ontario. On the south, the Chemung River forms the border, running generally southeastward to a junction with the Susquehanna at Sayre. Several of the picturesque Finger Lakes are included, among them the two largest, Cayuga and Seneca. Most of the terrain is broken up by winding stream valleys hemmed in by low ridges. All the railroads in the area follow natural watercourses, which may be either broad and tranquil or narrow and turbulent. This results in some impressive scenery along the various rights-of-way, and in difficult operating conditions on occasion. The railroads involved are the aforementioned Lehigh Valley, the New York Central, the Pennsylvania, the Erie, the Lackawanna, and the miniature Bath and Hammondsport. The ensuing photographs illustrate the diverse ways in which these lines have set up operations in a physically-diverse region.
Saint James, Long Island September 7, 1949
Creator
Jeremy Taylor
Contributor
Jeremy Taylor
Format
8-1/2x11 document
Date Created
9/7/1949
Collection
Citation
Jeremy Taylor, “Overall description of the Upstate New York album (NG506) contents,” New York Central System Historical Society, accessed May 10, 2024, https://nycshs.omeka.net/items/show/86259.
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