Taken on 09/20/07
by Eric H.
Old ski shed at Thompson Park, Watertown
Comment:
*From Eric H. "Old shed at the top
of the abandoned ski-slope on the Academy Street extension. It sits at the back
of the zoo, and is completely boarded up. I remember when they used to close off
that street in the winter, but was never up there myself (too young)." |
Taken on 09/21/07
Remains of the cistern that
was behind the large barn (long demolished) on the old Anthony Farm near Perch
River on the state-owned land
<Click
here> for the page with all the Anthony Farm/Cooke Road Pictures and info on one
page.
To see the spring house for this farm go to
page 3 and to see more pictures go to
page 12. More info about this barn and old pictures
of the intact structure at these
Nan Dixon pages: barn,
barn1,
barn2,
barn3, &
barn4. |
Taken on 09/21/07
Another
Shot
This is on a small raised hill that is behind the barn foundations. The
cistern supposedly caught water off the large barn roof for the cows and the
house. Most of the cistern has been pushed in by demolishing many years
ago or fell in one it's own. There are some cave-like spaces under here
though.
<Click
here> for the page with all the Anthony Farm/Cooke Road Pictures and info on one
page. |
Taken on 09/22/07
Looking up at the opposite ramp of old Anthony barn.
I
hiked over to the opposite ramp (opposite side from the one shown
on page 12). It
took a lot of work, but I finally was able to get through the thick and
almost impassable brush. I looked around the base a bit and found a rusted
out old hand saw as well as a moss-encrusted piece of wood, which I assume is
part of the barn (both below).
<Click
here> for the page with all the Anthony Farm/Cooke Road Pictures and info on one
page. |
Taken on 09/22/07
From the top of the left ramp of the old Anthony barn.
The brush is extremely thick at the beginning of the ramp, but at
the end there is no brush and there is a clearing on the top of the ramp where
the stone most be the thickest.
Click the shot below, this is taken from the top of the ramp, looking directly toward the other side. If you look closely, in the distance you can see the opposite
end ramp. The barn covered the whole distance in between. make sure you
take a look at the other ppics on
page 12 and related pics on
page 3.
<Click
here> for the page with all the Anthony Farm/Cooke Road Pictures and info on one
page. |
Taken on 09/22/07
A
small panorama of the ruins of the Anthony Barn.
These are the
ruins from the foundation of the left (eastern) side of the Anthony barn. The edges of the walls stopped quite some distance from
the base of the ramps, on both sides.
<Click
here> for the page with all the Anthony Farm/Cooke Road Pictures and info on one
page. |
Taken in 2007
by Eric H.
Remains of support for Glen Park footbridge
Comment:
*From Eric H: "In
1891, a footbridge spanning from the present village of Glen Park (then known as
"Jim Woods' Falls"--the village later took the name of the amusement park as
it's own) across the river was built by the Springfield Iron Works of
Springfield, MA for the head of the Watertown and Brownville Street Railway
Company, Lincoln G. DeCant.
The bridge gave access to a park across the river where everything from picnics
to Red & Black football games were held. The 300 foot bridge stood until 1904
when spring floods and ice flows washed it away. The loss of the bridge along
with the opening of Thompson Park signaled the demise of the amusement park,
which quickly died and the land was sold to a local farmer for use as a pasture.
The support on the far side of the river can easily be seen from the DEC fishing
access parking lot near the old fire hall. The support on the village side of
the river apparently no longer stands, as I can find no trace of it--it was
probably removed during construction of the Glen Park hydro facility. |
Taken on 11/19/07
Farmhouse, bad shape. On the seasonal part of the Glass Road outside of
Black River.
There's a barn nearby, but this looks to be more recently
used and kept up.
|
Taken on 11/19/07
The opposite side. |
Taken on 11/27/07
House on Outer Ives Street Road (Route 65, outside of Watertown), roof
collapsed.
Thanks to Travis O. for the suggestion and
directions.
Comment: *From Travis O.:
"I passed that house all the time while I was growing up. I always thought one
day I would buy it and fix it up. It seems I may have missed my chance. The last
time I drove by it the roof had finally caved in. It looked like it was a tidy
little house at one time though." |
Taken on 11/27/07
A closer shot
Thanks to Travis O. for the suggestion and
directions. |
Taken on 11/27/07
Corner of Floral Drive and Outer Coffeen Street (Route 12F) .
Thanks to Travis O. for the suggestion and directions.
Comment: *From Travis O.:
"A seemingly abandoned warehouse-type building that remains in surprisingly good
condition year after year. I think the interesting part of it is all the
windows. The natural light inside that building must be been great." |
Taken on 11/27/07
A stone schoolhouse in great condition, corner of Route 75/Adams Road and Route
3, outside of Sackets Harbor |
Taken on 11/27/07
The other side
Comments:
*From comac1103 (via
Flickr.com):
"What a cool little school."
*From KeenTurtle (via
Flickr.com):
"Nice perspective." |
Taken on 11/27/07
Corner of Route 75/Route 145 and Chestnut Ridge Road, near Sackets. Storage
building? |
Taken on 11/27/07
Michael Road, near Smithville. Possibly a small barn or storage? |
Taken on 11/27/07
Great old stone house in Smithville. Not sure how long this was abandoned
but I could see what looked like old furniture piled in the windows.
It was for sale. |
Taken on 11/27/07
Another side.
Comment:
*From comac1103 (via
Flickr.com):
"It is a beautiful home if it wasn't trespassing I would love to go and see
what's inside." |
Taken on 11/27/07
Barn, Smithville. Possibly it went with the previous house. |
Taken on 11/27/07
Seemed to be an abandoned brick building, but in fine shape. Smithville |
Taken on 12/06/07
(photo taken with cameraphone)
Pelo Road, Clayton area.
Last
time I passed by the roof seemed to be intact but at this time there seems to
have been some demolition of the roof.
Comment: *Majic tells me that it was
originally going to be a barn. It has been around for 20-30 years, since someone
wanted to start a farm there and never completed it for whatever reason. The
land used to be owned by someone by the name of Blake, who later sold it to Bach
and is now part of the parcel that Bach's Gravel Pit is on.
*Kevin B.
writes: "It was built years ago as a dairy barn, and the guy actually did have
some cattle there for a short time. But, he never made a go of it. The Amish
started taking it down a few months ago to salvage the wood. It was a nice
looking building before it was torn apart. It was stucco with three dormers on
the front. There is a really nice manmade pond just behind that barn. The pond
is about 3 acres big with three little islands in the middle of it. Also, some
open fields behind it." He also says that there is a trail through the
woods that comes out at the top of Bach's gravel pit. |
 
 
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