Utica Street bridge

Here is a view of the Utica Street bridge over the old Erie that I have never seen before. Thanks to Bill Hecht for passing it along.

It was taken from the east side of the bridge and is looking west. The towpath is on the right or north side of the canal.

Seeing this, I never realized how much of a bend the canal took at this point. The Main Street bridge can be seen in the background, as can the steeple of the Federated Church.

This post has a look from the other side of this bridge.

Main Street Bridge

Here are two postcards of the same scene. Well, basically the same.

The top photo was sent along by Bill Hecht and was taken from the towpath looking east toward Main Street and you can see the Utica Street bridge in the background. It is interesting to see that there was a road leading down to the towpath.

The bottom photo was taken from the Main Street bridge. The large barn was a warehouse.

There is nothing left of this scene today. The canal, bridges, and buildings are all gone.

Brown and Martens

These photos are in the collection of the Port Byron Library. They show the new Brown and Martens Auto Dealer. The following ran in the Port Byron Chronicle in August 14, 1947.




By July 22, 1948, the building was complete and the following story ran in the PBC.