RussNelson wrote:trainsinmaine wrote:I don't know what that pier is to which I alluded.
This pier: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63051795@N00/5942034804" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and I have no idea what it's for either. I think the best guess is that it was built as a loading pier for river traffic.
This map (supposedly from 1891) shows "Troy Water Works" at the foot of 23rd St. Perhaps the pier is related to that. (The map shows 23rd, 24th, 25th, etc, instead of the modern 123, 124, 125 st etc -- somewhere since then 100 got added). Note also the "overlay" function is off by a few blocks -- you can get calibrated by the Broad St Bridge from Waterford.
http://www.oldmapsonline.org/map/rumsey/1574.041" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I got the next link (the actual map) from clicking on "view as overlay" in the first link
http://rumsey.georeferencer.com/map/kAY ... /visualize" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Found this too: 123rd st pumping station was built in 1880 and closed in 1906
https://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biote ... upply2.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
One more: see the picture on the top of page 72. Is that pier with the small shed on it the original of what remains today? The stonework sure looks similar . Was the inlet to the pump station in this pier?
https://books.google.com/books?id=srTW2 ... oy&f=false" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Modern view:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/123rd ... 73.6704688" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;