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Throop in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Throop Industry

 
 
Throop Industry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 28, 2015
1. Throop Industry Marker
Inscription. Settlers used Owasco River power to run sawmills & gristmills as early as 1798. This site was one of the three dams built in Throop.
 
Erected 2011 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceWaterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1798.
 
Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 42° 58.369′ N, 76° 36.02′ W. Marker was in Throop, New York, in Cayuga County. It was on Turnpike Road (County Route 10B) 0.1 miles west of Lewis Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Auburn NY 13021, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. It was also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found 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 3 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Auburn Airport (approx. 0.3 miles away); Town of Throop (approx. 0.4 miles away); Home of Gen. John S. Clark (approx. 1.4 miles away); Cold Spring Cemetery (approx. 1.8 miles away); North Street Cemetery (approx. 2.7 miles away); Christopher Columbus (approx. 2.9 miles away); Water Power in the City of Auburn
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(approx. 2.9 miles away); Wasco (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Throop.
 
Eastward image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 28, 2015
2. Eastward
Westward image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 28, 2015
3. Westward
View of Owasco River from Bridge image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 28, 2015
4. View of Owasco River from Bridge
Southward.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 570 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 30, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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