This bridge was designed and built by Squire Whipple (1804-1887), a Union college graduate, class of 1830. Originally erected over the Erie Canal at Fultonville in Montgomery County, the bridge was moved after the canal closed in 1917 to the . . . — — Map (db m59702) HM
The Volvyder family constructed a dry dock
at this location about the time the Erie Canal It appeared as "Volvyder's Dry
Dock” on an 1834 map of the canal. The dry
dock was refurbished and enlarged in 1842 when
the Erie Canal was widened . . . — — Map (db m138955) HM
The ferry established here by Eldert Vischer in the late 18th century encouraged the growth of a settlement. Early settler Benjamin Mix began keeping a tavern by 1788 and a store by 1791. The tavern, built on the site of the present day firehouse, . . . — — Map (db m171665) HM
Under Chapter 532, Laws of 1922, the Superintendent of Public Works was authorized to develop the potential water power at the new Barge Canal dams located at Crescent and Vischer Ferry. All contract work at both plants was completed in . . . — — Map (db m128350) HM
Owned by 7 generations of
descendants of Ryckert C.
Van Vranken 1635-1713. First
settler in Clifton Park
Double Century farm in 1938 — — Map (db m217618) HM
Nicholas Vischer (1705-1778) married Annetie Tymmersen in Schenectady in 1734. They settled here and built a little brick house where they raised six children. Their house, located not farfrom here, is the rear wing to a large two story Federal . . . — — Map (db m171540) HM
The residents of Clifton Park have wanted a
bridge across the Mohawk River at Vischer
Ferry since the town was formed in 1828. An
act incorporating the Vischer's Ferry Bridge
Company was passed by the State Legislature on
April 19, 1828, . . . — — Map (db m171541) HM
Vischer Ferry
Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 1975
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m271958) HM
In the fall of 1977, the New York State
Department of Transportation and the Town of
Clifton Park embarked on a unique partnership.
This venture established the 600-acre historically
and ecologically significant Vischer Ferry Nature
and . . . — — Map (db m138954) HM
Gift of the Citizens of Montgomery County
Originally built by Squire Whipple across the Enlarged Erie Canal at Sprakers in 1869
This type of bridge was adopted by the Canal Commissioners in the 1850s as the standard iron bridge to cross the . . . — — Map (db m59693) HM
