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The Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse is an 1822 stone octagonal [5] lighthouse in the Charlotte neighborhood in northern Rochester, New York, United States. The 40 ft (12 m) tower is located on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Genesee River. It originally had 10 whale oil Argand lamps, which were replaced with a Fresnel lens in 1853. [6]
Charlotte Beach and Pier at the mouth of the Genesee River, looking northeast. Charlotte (/ ʃ ɑːr ˈ l ɒ t / shar-LOT) is a neighborhood in Rochester, in the U.S. state of New York, located along the western bank of the mouth of the Genesee River along the southern shore of Lake Ontario. It is the home of the Port of Rochester and Charlotte ...
10. Crescent Beach-W.H. Lewis Prop. 1910 later Ray Gets Pass switch siding #4 11. Later passing switch, Lewis straight 12. Outlet - Long Pond, West end trestle 13. Long Pond, Grand View Beach Hotel - A. Kleinhans later Joe Rosenbach 14. Lowden Point Road 15. Siding Pass #5, Half Way 16. 17. Springwater Hotel 18. 19. Cranberry Pond 20. Siding #6 21.
On Friday, November 13, 1829 (Friday the 13th), the daredevil Sam Patch jumped to his death before 8,000 spectators at the Upper Falls in Rochester. If "not for hydropower, the flour mills, clothing mills, and tool fabricators would not have located in Rochester", [15] and the 1825 Erie Canal allowed the mills to ship products to New York City.
Seabreeze Amusement Park (Seabreeze) is a historic family amusement park located in Irondequoit, New York, a suburb of Rochester, where Irondequoit Bay meets Lake Ontario. According to the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA), Seabreeze is the fourth-oldest operating amusement park in the United States and the thirteenth ...
The ornate Crescent Beach Hotel was built there in the 1890s. After it burnt to the ground in 1973, then-owners Joe and Gloria Barry built the restaurant, adding Victorian-style gardens.
Virginia Reel at Ontario Beach Amusement Park, Charlotte, Rochester, New York c. 1910 Virginia Reel was an older style of spinning roller coaster characterized by spinning circular "tubs" that zig-zagged down a flat-bottomed track.
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