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Colliersville in Otsego County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Colliersville Dam

 
 
Colliersville Dam Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Scott J. Payne, September 24, 2016
1. Colliersville Dam Marker
Inscription. Built 1907. Cost $200,000. Flooded 600 acres; Supplied hydroelectric power for the Otsego & Mohawk Trolley Line and nearby villages.
 
Erected 2005 by Goodyear Lake Assoc.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.
 
Location. 42° 30.208′ N, 74° 59.09′ W. Marker is in Colliersville, New York, in Otsego County. It is on New York State Route 28. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Colliersville NY 13747, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Upper Susquehanna (approx. half a mile away); Authentic Oneonta Trolley Tracks (approx. 5.2 miles away); Ford Sales (approx. 5.3 miles away); Huntington Home (approx. 5.3 miles away); John Sleeper’s Log House (approx. 5.6 miles away); Laurens, NY War Memorial (approx. 5.8 miles away); Swart-Wilcox House (approx. 5.9 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 6.4 miles away).
 
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Colliersville Dam Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Scott J. Payne, September 24, 2016
2. Colliersville Dam Marker
Colliersville Dam Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Scott J. Payne, September 24, 2016
3. Colliersville Dam Marker
Colliersville Dam Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Scott J. Payne, September 24, 2016
4. Colliersville Dam Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 26, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2016, by Scott J. Payne of Deposit, New York. This page has been viewed 1,603 times since then and 88 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 25, 2016, by Scott J. Payne of Deposit, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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