Mechanicville / Paul Loatman Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loatman, Paul., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanicville (N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.

Mechanicville (N.Y.).

Mechanicville (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

In 1764, groups of independent craftsmen began forming a small settlement near the junction of the Tenendehowa Creek and the Hudson River that eventually came to be called Mechanicville. Although neighboring farmers classified them as lowly "mechanics," residents chose to embrace the derogative term rather than shrink from it. In 1815, the Mechanicville Post Office opened its doors, and the community’s identity began to grow. A century later, Irish, Italian, and Polish-speaking immigrants had transformed the village into an industrial city. New York State’s smallest municipality became the proud host to the largest book paper mill in the world. Simultaneously, Charles Steinmetz, a renowned scientist, was paving the way for major expansion in the electrical industry with innovations at the local hydropower plant. Serving as a postindustrial bedroom community in recent decades, the city continues its transformation with the opening of an advanced nanotechnology center nearby.

Contents:

"Beginning at Lyman Dwight's culvert"

Sid Fort's Victorian America

The rise and fall of the paper city

"We've been workin' on the railroad"

If they come, you will build it

It takes a village to build a city

The way we were not so long ago.

OCLC:

885208401