| New York (Schoharie County), Central Bridge — Schoharie Junction |
| | Site of
SCHOHARIE JUNCTION
Schoharie Valley Railroad
Reg. Run 1-4-1867 - Last Run 9-17-1942
Length of Railroad - 4.2 Miles
Middleburgh & Schoharie Railroad
First Run 10-19-1868-Last Run 9-24-1936
Length of Railroad - 5.7 Miles
Schoharie County Bicentennial 1995 — Map (db m18784) |
| New York (Schoharie County), Central Bridge — Site of Block House |
| |
Site of
Block House
Built 1781
Used by inhabitants
during Indian raids — Map (db m8109) |
| New York (Schoharie County), Gallupville — Becker Stone House |
| |
Built 1772
The Tory, Crysler, with a
band of Indians gave
battle on July 26, 1782 — Map (db m14733) |
| New York (Schoharie County), North Blenheim — Blenheim Bridge |
| |
Longest single span wooden
bridge in world. Built by
Blenheim Bridge Company,
Incorporated 1828. Last of
its kind in this region. — Map (db m11902) |
| New York (Schoharie County), North Blenheim — Manor House |
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Manor House
Built by John Lansing
about 1800. Justice of
N.Y. Supreme Court, 1790-1801;
Chancellor 1801-14. Owner
part of Blenheim Patent. — Map (db m11892) |
| New York (Schoharie County), North Blenheim — Old Blenheim Bridge |
| | Erected 1854 - 1855 by
Nicholas Montgomery Powers
Famous bridge builder
Born Pittsford, Vermont, August 30, 1817
Died Clarendon, Vermont, 1897
This bridge, 232 feet in length, the
longest covered single-span wooden
bridge in the world, was built for the
Blenheim Bridge Company, and was used
as a toll bridge for many years
Not far from this bridge the Tory,
William Beacraft, was whipped to
death by his infuriated neighbors
after the Revolution. He was buried . . . — Map (db m11908) |
| New York (Schoharie County), Old Central Bridge — Birthplace of George Westinghouse |
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Birthplace Of
George Westinghouse 1846 - 1914
Inventor of the Westinghouse
Air Brake
— Map (db m8144) |
| New York (Schoharie County), Schoharie — George Mann Tory Tavern |
| | George Mann Tory Tavern
Known in Revolutionary Days as “The Brick House at the Forks of the Road.” — Map (db m7687) |
| New York (Schoharie County), Schoharie — Old Stone Fort Museum — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| |
This German Reformed Church (1772)
was enclosed by a wooden stockade in
1777 and known as the "Lower Fort."
It was attacked by forces under Sir John
Johnson and Chief Joseph Brant
in October 1780. — Map (db m24733) |
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