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    Ogden and Spencerport
    Ogden and Spencerport
    Ogden and Spencerport
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    Ogden and Spencerport

    By Ogden Historical Committee

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    The town of Ogden and the village of Spencerport were considered pioneer country when the first settlers arrived in 1801 from Connecticut, seeking more fertile farmland. The two communities witnessed the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 and survived through the rise and fall of the importance of that waterway. Throughout much of the nineteenth century, many farms produced and sold vast amounts of produce, shipped via the canal. Since the time of their agrarian roots, Ogden and Spencerport have evolved into thriving residential suburbs. Using some two hundred stunning images, Ogden and Spencerport chronicles almost two centuries of history in pictures that highlight the past and show how it has shaped the town and village of today. As Ogden grew and Spencerport was preserved as a unique canal-side village, families, workers, and business owners came to the area and created lasting memories. Summer outings on the canal, early-twentieth-century baseball games, businesses along Union Street, and many other places, events, and people from the past can be visited in the pages of Ogden and Spencerport.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439628362
    Ogden and Spencerport
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    Ogden Historical Committee

    Members of the Ogden Historical Committee reviewed several hundred photographs before selecting the ones that best tell the history of the community. They are delighted to share with their neighbors this tribute to Ogden and Spencerport.

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      Ogden and Spencerport - Ogden Historical Committee

      Committee

      INTRODUCTION

      American history for the first 100 years was the story of the frontier. New England settlers saw western New York as the frontier in the early 1800s, and they were Ogden’s first residents. George W. Willey, the four Colby brothers from Connecticut, and the Trues from New Hampshire were followed by others until the Erie Canal was completed in 1825.

      Gov. Dewitt Clinton’s ditch, as the Erie Canal was called, was one of the great stories of the 19th century and became the principal way to cross the Appalachian Mountains into the interior of the continent. After 1825, the small settlement in Ogden Center and the sparsely settled parts of Ogden saw the focus of town and commercial life shift to the canal and the growth of Spencerport and Adams Basin.

      Ogden and Spencerport, along with Adams Basin and Town Pump, are revealed in their formative period in the photographs displayed in this volume. The Erie Canal, the railroads, and now the highways (especially Route 531) have had their impact on the community. From an agricultural society with small settlements at the train shipment points, the area has developed since World War II as a suburban area and bedroom community for Rochester and Monroe County businesses.

      This volume explores that history, primarily in pictures. The Ogden Historical Committee hopes you enjoy the story.

      One

      THE ERIE CANAL

      Canal boats heading west on the Erie Canal approach the Union Street Bridge in 1900. Buildings crowd the canal bank east of Union Street.

      Outings like this one were common on the Erie Canal in the late 1800s. People would spend their Sunday afternoons riding on one of the many boats that plied the canal, enjoying picnics on the banks of the canal and wearing their Sunday best.

      Culvert construction along the Erie Canal is shown in this 1910 photograph taken near Adams Basin. It appears to be a Sunday or a holiday, as most men are dressed in suits and a few women are present. During this period, the canal was rerouted, enlarged, and renamed the Barge Canal. Many of the bridges in the area—including those on Gillett, Gallup, and Trimmer Roads and Martha Street—date from 1909–1910.

      Canal construction activity is shown in this c. 1910 photograph. The cranes and heavy equipment were steam driven. Smaller equipment, such as the wagon in the foreground, was drawn by mule teams.

      In 1900, the Canal Commerce Committee recommended that the Erie Canal be enlarged to accommodate larger barges, leading to the construction process shown in this 1912 photograph of a dredger at work near Adams Basin. This dredger worked around the clock and made a great deal of noise. Former Ogden historian Earl White wrote, It was a wondrous sight in Adams Basin and in Spencerport because it was illuminated by electricity before the village and surrounding area had that improvement.

      Work is in progress on the canal near Union Street c. 1910. The Cottage Hotel is to the right. On the left is the Goff Building, which now houses Spencerport Printing. A temporary bridge is in the background.

      The laborers shown here came to the United States from Sicily, and few could speak English. They made long shelters out of boards covered with sod and performed most of their cooking outside. These men were known for their love of music and could often be heard singing Italian folk songs well into the night.

      During the construction of the Union Street bridge, retaining walls of concrete were built on both sides of the canal. Pits for the counterweights for the bridge were poured at the same time.

      Shown building forms for the foundations of the Union Street lift bridge are, from left to right, carpenters Tom Moden, Al Thaxter, two unidentified men, and Ed Taylor.

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