Cohoes Company, Gate House No. 1, On Mohawk River, North end of Canal abutting East bank, Cohoes, Albany County, NY
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
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
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
Location
Cohoes (N.Y.), 42.77424, -73.70012
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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