Re: McKeil Spirit in Rochester NY
Posted: June 11, 2021, 1:44 pm
Recent Rochester NY Cement Dock Factoids:
The wooden surfaced dock that served before and after the recent millennium was destroyed in an arson fire in 2015. It was quickly replaced with a temporary structure made from "rent-a-caissons" because most of the cement used in Rochester area construction comes in through that facility, and an interruption of any significant length would have far reaching consequences. The new dock was ready for the 2018 season, and not surprisingly, used no wood beams or decking.
The charred clumps of wooden pilings visible along the west river bank are remnants of the previous "coal trestle(s)", which also fell victim to a series of arson fires around the 1970s, fortunately long after they were abandoned.
The bluff north of the river overlook use to be the home of Penna.>Genesee Feldspar Company, imported from Canada and used in glass-making. You can still find chunks of the mineral along the trails there, reddish colored, like Bon Ami cleanser for a reason, that's what it's made from.
If you look up from the river overlook east of the parking lot at the foot of Boxart Street you will see power lines crossing the Genesee River with one of those orange ball thingys on them for visibility. Didn't work. During a prior dredging operation the top of the boom of the bucket dredge hit one of the wires and knocked a few thousand homes off the grid. You can still see which wire was destroyed and replaced, it's the one with a different color than the others.
The wooden surfaced dock that served before and after the recent millennium was destroyed in an arson fire in 2015. It was quickly replaced with a temporary structure made from "rent-a-caissons" because most of the cement used in Rochester area construction comes in through that facility, and an interruption of any significant length would have far reaching consequences. The new dock was ready for the 2018 season, and not surprisingly, used no wood beams or decking.
The charred clumps of wooden pilings visible along the west river bank are remnants of the previous "coal trestle(s)", which also fell victim to a series of arson fires around the 1970s, fortunately long after they were abandoned.
The bluff north of the river overlook use to be the home of Penna.>Genesee Feldspar Company, imported from Canada and used in glass-making. You can still find chunks of the mineral along the trails there, reddish colored, like Bon Ami cleanser for a reason, that's what it's made from.
If you look up from the river overlook east of the parking lot at the foot of Boxart Street you will see power lines crossing the Genesee River with one of those orange ball thingys on them for visibility. Didn't work. During a prior dredging operation the top of the boom of the bucket dredge hit one of the wires and knocked a few thousand homes off the grid. You can still see which wire was destroyed and replaced, it's the one with a different color than the others.