ROW at the edge of Lake Ontario in Greece, NY

the foundation of the Manitou pier is still there!
clearly visable, and an existing pier still extends about halfway out the length of the original:
(although thats obviously going to be VERY private property today.)


http://www1.nysgis.state.ny.us/tempimag ... 9E5609.gif

the pier is at the top of the photo above.
and the remains of the trolley trestle are visable at the bottom of the photo! this is the west side of Braddock Bay.

zoomed out a little:
http://www1.nysgis.state.ny.us/tempimag ... BA224D.gif


Scot

scottychaos wrote:Les,
that must be why that public sidewalk is there!
cool..

there is a little-known public sidewalk that runs along the front of a whole string of houses just West of the beach..
if you park at Abbots, cross the street and start walking west down the sidewalk, you will come across a sidewalk that turns toward the lake..
this sidewalk is public property! anyone can walk on it..
it goes out toward the lake then turns left, and runs between the houses and the lake..goes past maybe `10-15 houses, then turns back to the road again and ends..its a nice walk!

Scot

This public sidewalk is the right-of-way for the Manitou Beach trolley. Beach Ave. used to run alongside the trolley line at this point and the current "Beach Ave." was more of an alley located to the south and used for deliveries, etc. After the trolley line was abandoned, property owners decided to have Beach Ave. moved south to it's current location and the sidewalk replaced the trolley ROW. A good friend of mine lives in one of these houses and has a 1923 photo of his house taken from the beach(looking south) which includes the trolley line and a small bridge it used to cross over a small creek.