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Cohoes Company, Gate House No. 1, On Mohawk River, North end of Canal abutting East bank, Cohoes, Albany County, NY

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Cohoes Company, Gate House No. 1, On Mohawk River, North end of Canal abutting East bank, Cohoes, Albany County, NY

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Summary

Significance: In addition to its practical function as a gate house controlling the flow of water to the canal, the head gate house was conceived romantically as a Romanesque Revival, brick bastion at the head of the power canal where it is fed by the Mohawk River.
Survey number: HAER NY-8
Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1911 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78003151

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Worthen,William
Van Auken,David
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Wild, Alfred
Garner, William T
Van Benthuysen, Charles
Johnston, David J
Johnson, Samuel W
Niles, William W
Younglove, Truman G
Bridgford, John
Cohoes Power & Light Corporation
New York Power & LIght Corporation
Yearby, Jean P, transmitter
Huberman, R Carole, historian
Vogel, Robert M, historian
Pollak, Richard J, historian
Warner, Frank W, photographer
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Location

Cohoes (N.Y.)42.77424, -73.70012
Google Map of 42.7742446, -73.70011869999999
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Library of Congress
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