Victor in Ontario County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Site of Home and Laboratory of Fred M. Locke
Photographed by Babette Huber, November 29, 2008
1. Site of Home and Laboratory of Fred M. Locke Marker
Home and Laboratory of
Fred M. Locke
Father of the
Porcelain Insulator
Erected 2008 by Town of Victor.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine.
Location. 42° 58.83′ N, 77° 23.921′ W. Marker is in Victor, New York, in Ontario County. It is on Lynaugh Road 0 miles north of E. Main St., on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Victor NY 14564, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Athasata (Kryn) (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mead Square (approx. 0.6 miles away); Victor Centennial, 1913 (approx. 0.8 miles away); Dyagodiyu (approx. 1.3 miles away); Graves (approx. 1.3 miles away); Gano'so:d (approx. 1.3 miles away); Gannagaro (approx. 1.3 miles away); Palisades (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Victor.
Also see . . . Fred M. Locke Biography. (Submitted on June 16, 2014, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2014, by Robert Stahr of West Chicago, Illinois. This page has been viewed 976 times since then and 32 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on June 15, 2014, by Robert Stahr of West Chicago, Illinois. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
