Historical Markers and War Memorials in High Falls, New York
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Historic Marker
Pont de Rennes
Pedestrian Bridge
(Formerly Platt Street Bridge)
Originally Built - 1891
Rochester Bridge and Iron Works
Converted to Pedestrian Mall - 1980 — — Map (db m55773) HM
The City of Rochester grew around the unique feature of four water falls and their potential to generate hydro-power.
The High Falls of the Genesee River, with a drop of 96 feet, was recognized as early as 1807 as having the potential to . . . — — Map (db m64529) HM
The scene before you reveals Silurian-age rock strata, which were deposited as open seafloor, tidal flat and lowland river sediments. These 410 million-year-old layers were tilted and deformed during the Acadian orogeny (a mountain building . . . — — Map (db m147772) HM
To Honor
The Young Men Of This Community
Who By Their Patriotism And Loyalty
Served God And Country
In The Wars Of Our Nation
This Tablet Is Placed Here By
The High Falls Civic Association
1960 — — Map (db m147727) WM
In 1909 Abraham Robison's grist mill was converted into an electric generating station. Two 560 kilowatt generating units were placed into service in 1910. High Falls, along with Honk Falls in Warwarsing, were the principal sources of electric . . . — — Map (db m147827) HM
Roebling Aqueduct Abutment Trail
Owned by the D&H Canal Historical Society
This towpath trail leads to the remains of a D&H Canal suspension aqueduct designed by John Roebling, who later designed the Brooklyn Bridge. Photographs and a . . . — — Map (db m147853) HM
Benjamin Wright, an engineer for the Erie Canal, was hired to lay out the route for the D &H Canal.
John B. Jervis, chief engineer, constructed a double-arch aqueduct of cut stone to carry the canal across the Rondout Creek. It cost about $8,000. . . . — — Map (db m147834) HM
In 1824 two Philadelphia merchants, Maurice and Wilbur Wurts, proposed a canal to transport coal from mines in northwest Pennsylvania to New York City via the Hudson River. The canal opened in 1828 at a cost of over one million dollars and was 108 . . . — — Map (db m147831) HM
Water has thundered over the high falls since the end of the Ice Age. Early settlers called it the
Great Falls. The first recorded transfer of land at the
High Falls is a land grant of 50 acres to Frederick Hussey
in 1676. Jacob Hasbrouck was . . . — — Map (db m147703) HM
The high falls were known to early settlers in the 1670's, but it was not until after the American Revolution that the water power was harnessed; after 1783 a mill was built on
the north bank of the creek by Jacob Hasbrouck or his son Joseph, to . . . — — Map (db m147763) HM
