Lackawaxen River Joins the Delaware
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1880 Slack Water Dam
Slackwater Dam A six-foot high slackwater dam existed below the confluence or juncture of the Lackawaxen and Delaware Rivers before the Roebling Aqueduct was built in 1847. The dam, which caused a calm section over a mile long, was raised … Continue reading
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Old Delaware & Hudson Canal at Pond Eddy
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Canal Boat on the Delaware River
In Reminiscences, Johnston commented that the boatmen were often forced to run the boat as a family business due to the D&H Canal Company policies. Out of necessity to make a living, the boatman’s wife and children would work over … Continue reading
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D&H Canal Near Pond Eddy
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D&H Canal by Pond Eddy
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Sons of Veterans 1907
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Pond Eddy Bridge
East of Parkers Glen, the next hamlets on the way to Port Jervis were Pond Eddy (later Flagstaff), Pennsylvania, and Pond Eddy, New York. Pond Eddy’s suspension bridge, built in 1871 was near Lock 63. On the Pennsylvania side was … Continue reading
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The Wolffs’ New Home
Albert and his brother Norman would soon buy the house near the old Ira Austin house where Ed and Mabel Austin Smith and their son Austin Smith lived. The Wolffs’ “new” home had been sold to Charles Frace in 1868. … Continue reading
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Sixty Years Ago (1876)
To the left are two of the pages I referenced for “The Mill on Halfway Brook” regarding the arrival of the Eldreds in what would become Eldred, New York. The pages were copied by my great-aunt Aida Austin from what … Continue reading
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