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Letchworth State Park is a 14,427-acre (5,838 ha) New York State Park located in Livingston County and Wyoming County in the western part of the State of New York. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] The park is roughly 17 miles (27 km) long, following the course of the Genesee River as it flows north through a deep gorge and over several large waterfalls . [ 6 ]
William Pryor Letchworth (May 26, 1823 – December 1, 1910) was an American businessman notable for his charitable work, including his donation of his 1,000-acre estate to the State of New York which became known as Letchworth State Park.
It is located at the northern end of Letchworth State Park, south of Rochester, New York in the towns of Leicester and Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York. It is the largest dam of its type east of the Mississippi River and its purpose is to mitigate downstream flooding between Mount Morris and Lake Ontario. [1]
The Glen Iris Inn, William Pryor Letchworth's former home, is located on the top of a cliff overlooking Middle Falls in Letchworth State Park, New York State, USA.William Letchworth found the day-to-day operations of business burdensome and sought refuge on the site, where he decided to build a home.
The Portage Viaduct, officially known as the Genesee Arch Bridge since 2017, is a steel arch railroad bridge over the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park, Livingston County, New York. It is the third bridge at this location: the original timber bridge burned in 1875 and was replaced by an iron bridge, which lasted until it was replaced by ...
English: The William Pryor Letchworth Museum at New York State's Letchworth State Park, as seen on a snowy March 2022 afternoon. Located just across from Glen Iris, the stately country home of the wealthy industrialist who gave his name to both the park and the museum (his formal gardens once occupied the site), this rustic stone structure was built in 1912 to a design by Warren, Pennsylvania ...
donlelel - Letchworth State Park,NY,USA: Date: 3 August 2003 (according to Exif data) Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided. Donlelel assumed (based on copyright claims).
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