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| Means of shipment of goods to and from Napanoch |
D&H Canal. Eastern NY Correctional Facility in the background.The stones to build the
Facility were brought to the site by way of the canal and by the Railroad.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 108-mile, man - made waterway, an
engineering feat of pre-industrial America that brought a new form of energy
from the hills of Pennsylvania out to the Hudson River. From 1828
Eastern NY Reformatory. Now known as Eastern NY Correctional Facility.
The old Covered Bridge entrance to the Facility on the right spanning the
Rondout Creek.
Left: Napanoch Rail Station. Located on The Eastern NY Correctional
Facility grounds.
Right: Sketch of the Rail Station by William Winters.
Napanoch Railroad Station. Early 1900s
Napanoch Train Station. circa 1902. Still standing and recently refurbished
by the State of NY. Located on the NY Correction Facility grounds at
Napanoch and open for public viewing.
Open on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from
10 AM to 2 PM, we will now also be open on the 1st Sunday of
each month from 10 AM to 2 PM.
Old Trains like this ran the tracks of Napanoch during the early 1900s.
Former Oswego Midland locomotive #50, "Weehawken," a Baldwin product of 1872, is seen
with a work train in Kingston on November 22, 1902. The car immediately behind the engine
appears to be a flanger, possibly being used to regulate the ballast between the newly-laid
rails which completed the branch.
The old Napanoch Train Station is now fully restored and open for viewing
Painting by William W. Winters
Headed for Napanoch but snowed in at Summetville, NY. Rail Station
Painting by William Winters