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In 1670, Albany's water supply system consisted of wells located at the future site of the New York State Capitol. By the mid-19th century, the system had grown to include several small reservoirs created by damming local creeks. The city's explosive growth around the time of the Civil War began to test and strain that system.
The New York State Museum was founded in 1836 as the New York State Geological and Natural History Survey, formed in 1836 by Governor William Marcy to document the mineral wealth of the state. [2] In 1870, it was reorganized as the New York State Museum of Natural History under the trusteeship of the regents of the State University. [ 3 ]
The Albany Institute of History & Art (AIHA) is a museum in Albany, New York, United States, "dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting and promoting interest in the history, art, and culture of Albany and the Upper Hudson Valley region". [2] It is located on Washington Avenue (New York State Route 5) in downtown Albany.
The Biden administration has issued more permits for oil and gas drilling on public land per month than the Trump administration did in its first three years, according to a new analysis of ...
website, state's military history New York State Museum: Albany Albany Capital District Multiple Art, artifacts (prehistoric and historic), and natural history artifacts that reflect New York State's cultural, natural, and geological development New York State Wine Museum of Greyton H. Taylor: Hammondsport: Steuben Finger Lakes Multiple Food ...
Reflecting Albany's status as New York's capital, 17 of the 41 extant buildings listed individually, more than one-third of that total, have been used for governmental purposes at some point. [ note 7 ] The city government is responsible for three of those, its school district for two and the federal government one (the Old Post Office ), with ...
This is a list of New York State Historic Markers by county. There are over 2800 historical markers in New York State. The program was started in 1926 to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Revolutionary War and was discontinued in 1966. It was managed under the Department of the Education’s State History Office.
Schuyler Mansion is a historic house at 32 Catherine Street in Albany, New York.The brick mansion is now a museum and an official National Historic Landmark.It was constructed from 1761 to 1765 for Philip Schuyler, later a general in the Continental Army and early U.S. Senator, who resided there from 1763 until his death in 1804.