This picture was taken in the yard along Quince Street. Pictured across Quince Street is the house that Don Manchester lived in. To the left of that is the garage from the house on the corner of Quince Street and Clinton Terrace that the Solomon's owned. The maple tree is one of three that grew by our house along Quince Street. Based on the aerial map I have seen, these trees are no longer there. As far as the bike riders go, (left to right) that is Pete in the basket, Ed Vrooman (my dad) and me. This was taken a few days after my 9th birthday in August of 1951. Dave VroomanHey Dave, thanks for the photo and caption! We're digging through our photo files for 1950's photos. We'll post a few in the next week.
If anyone out there has a photo, a story or whatever about Jordan come out and share it. Email them to MJDoyle@twcny.rr.com
Have a super Spring day!
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I did not have anyone write and set me straight about the aqueduct crossing Skaneateles Creek, but I did some snooping on line and came up with a web site that explains its purpose very well. I sure do not remember anyone telling me about it when I was a kid. It was just sort of there. I always wondered about the short walls running down the middle of the creek and the stone pillars on the opposite side from the 4 arches. This was all support for a wooden trough that took the Erie over Skaneateles Creek. Oh, the web site I found was:
http://eriecanalcamillus.com/aqueduct.htm
It shows just how the aqueduct "piped" the canal across a creek or other obstruction. The canal boats moved right along and never bothered those infamous horned daces I tried so hard not to catch out of the Shaneateles Creek. Am I the only one that did not understand what a wonderful piece of history and engineering skill I was seeing almost everyday of my life? I wonder if the schools bring the kids up there for a short field trip and a great history lesson.
Up the canal past where the new fire station is, towards Weedsport, was one of the locks. It was in ruins and just about filled with TIMCO Cat Food Cans as I recall. There was an old man that lived up there in an old shack who had about a "million" cats and I think that TIMCO was all that he ever fed them. He was scary to us kids, as he had lost the tip of his nose, but he always was friendly when you saw him around town. He sure had a lot of cats. Does anyone remember any of this? Is the lock still there? Has it been restored?
Awesome Quince Street photo.
Lock 51, Route 31 just west of the village is where the old locks are.
It is all cleaned up and now has a small park. The towpath has been cleaned up (by the NYS Canal Corporation) and is now part of the state wide 524 mile canal trailway. Parks & Trails NY has a state wide bicycling event along the canal towpath. More than 400 bicyclists ride---a few hundred stop in Jordan for lunch. I have some photos of this area and will get them up on the blog.
The Jordan Historical society has an Erie Canal Museum. A wonderful museum jam-packed full of great history. a tremendous collection of Jordan salt-glazed jugs and more. You can learn more about the Jordan Historical Society & Museum at www.JordanNY.com
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