gantry crane, canal freight house, Rochester NY

[bluegrass-express]

Late 1973 - the Erie Canal freight house remained along the Genesee River, the LV yard was gone. At the suggestion of another member of the NRHS chapter, I made some photos of the gantry crane before it was cut up. View is looking north from near the Ford St bridge and Mount Hope Ave. 2 or 3 years earlier, I found LV 127 along the east side of the freight house.
Present day, there is a paved trail on the former LV roadbed from the University of Rochester up to this point.

[GOLDEN-ARM]

Cool photo Bob, thanks for sharing. Got any more? Kudos......

[scottychaos]

Nice photo Bob!
that would be a neat one to do a "rephotographic survey" on!
although the crane is far enough from the river that the exact spot you were standing is probably today very near or possibly even *inside* the apartment complex..but still, I might just go check it out anyway!

thanks,
Scot

[Otto Vondrak]

Great photo, thanks for sharing. Somewhere, I've got some photos that Rich Pearson let me borrow that shows LV activity in this area in the late 1960s.

-otto-

[TB Diamond]

Otto:

Should recall be correct, some of the slides you mention show the Lehigh Valley Rochester yard crew turning a TOFC on the turntable.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad abandoned the Rochester branch Rochester-U of R in 1972. The LVRR Rochester freight house was partially destroyed by fire during the winter of 1972-1973 and was thereafter demolished.