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The most important railroad in Hornell was the New York and Erie Railroad, or Erie for short. It arrived in Hornell in 1850 and began public service on May 14, 1851. President Millard Fillmore, himself a native of western New York, and Secretary of State Daniel Webster rode through Hornell on the inaugural train. [8]
English: A first edition, first issue, of one of the largest and most impressive maps of Long Island, New York to appear in the 19th century. Published in 1873, this magnificent map covers the whole of Long Island as well as parts of Manhattan, Staten Island, and Hudson county, New Jersey.
Distinctive features of the Atlas of Long Island include notations of property owners, buildings, businesses, and statistical information. [56] 1876: Edward Augustus Whitney (1843–1917), surveyor of the Map of Long Island City. He was a cousin of Josiah Dwight Whitney, Jr. (1819–1896). 1878:
In New York State, each county is divided into cities and towns. Every point in New York is inside either a city or a town. Additionally, towns may optionally contain villages, which are smaller incorporated municipalities within the town. Villages may overlap multiple towns. Well-known unincorporated places within towns are referred to as hamlets.
The earliest surviving map of the area now known as New York City is the Manatus Map, depicting what is now Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey in the early days of New Amsterdam. [7] The Dutch colony was mapped by cartographers working for the Dutch Republic. New Netherland had a position of surveyor general.
The Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and New York State Route 17) passes through the north part of the town. New York State Route 21 and New York State Route 36 intersect by Hornell. The Canisteo River flows southward through the town. The western town line is the border of Allegany County.
St. Ann's Federation Building is a historic commercial and office building located at Hornell in Steuben County, New York. It is a rectangular shaped, four story Neoclassical style building built between 1910 and 1912. The architect was Otis Dockstader of Elmira. The fireproof steel frame is clad in red and yellow brick laid up in running bond ...
All goods shipped by rail with a destination on Long Island (Brooklyn, Queens and Nassau and Suffolk counties), must come through the Fresh Pond/Fremont Yards, located in Glendale, which is the crossroads of the LIRR Montauk Branch, the Bay Ridge Branch (which serves the docks and float barges in Sunset Park, Brooklyn), the Bushwick Branch and ...