by RussNelson
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/72951455" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; shows the route of the railroad into the quarry northwest of Pekin.
http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/kostoff20.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; says "Bethlehem Steel of Lackawanna operated quarries near Lower Mountain Road north of Pekin during that period. A spur of the New York Central Railroad extended down to the quarry and was in use until excessive water began seeping into the hole. Lewis wrote that the hole eventually filled up with water and is now Bond's Lake."
http://www.niagaracounty.com/parks/Bond ... story.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; says "Bond Lake Park is located on the site of a former quarrying operation owned by the Empire Limestone Division of the old Lackawanna Steel Mill. In 1912, the land was leased by Lackawanna Steel to quarry the high grade limestone found there. Empire Limestone actively quarried the site during the 1890\u2019s on through 1925. The quarried limestone was transported by rail to supply the firm\u2019s steel furnaces in Lackawanna.
In 1919, Frederick Bond, Sr. a native of Buffalo, became manager of the quarry. Escalating costs of hauling the limestone forced the closing of the quarry in 1925. It was after the closing of the quarry that the lakes and ponds within the quarry site were allowed to fill in naturally."
http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/kostoff20.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; says "Bethlehem Steel of Lackawanna operated quarries near Lower Mountain Road north of Pekin during that period. A spur of the New York Central Railroad extended down to the quarry and was in use until excessive water began seeping into the hole. Lewis wrote that the hole eventually filled up with water and is now Bond's Lake."
http://www.niagaracounty.com/parks/Bond ... story.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; says "Bond Lake Park is located on the site of a former quarrying operation owned by the Empire Limestone Division of the old Lackawanna Steel Mill. In 1912, the land was leased by Lackawanna Steel to quarry the high grade limestone found there. Empire Limestone actively quarried the site during the 1890\u2019s on through 1925. The quarried limestone was transported by rail to supply the firm\u2019s steel furnaces in Lackawanna.
In 1919, Frederick Bond, Sr. a native of Buffalo, became manager of the quarry. Escalating costs of hauling the limestone forced the closing of the quarry in 1925. It was after the closing of the quarry that the lakes and ponds within the quarry site were allowed to fill in naturally."
