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Although the Genesee Valley Canal was short-lived, the lasting effect expanded job opportunities for thousands of new immigrants, opened markets for the area's abundant goods, and overall enriched the quality of life for residents. Today, the old Genesee Valley Canal Railroad bed has become part of the Genesee Valley Greenway Trail.
In 1994, the Retsof Salt Mine was the largest salt mine in North America, and the second largest in the world. Three hundred people worked within the 6,000 acres (24 km 2; 9.4 sq mi) of excavated space, 1,000 feet (300 m) below ground, extracting salt from a natural deposit for use as road salt, table salt, and in industry. In March 1994, the ...
The Genesee Valley Conservancy (GVC) is a non-profit land trust based in Geneseo, New York, United States, that exists to protect land in the Genesee River watershed. Founded in 1990, GVC works "to protect the habitat, open space, and farmland of the Genesee Valley region."
With an increase of sick animals around the country, Genesee County Animal Control reminds the public to keep their pets vaccinated against disease and get medical help for sick animals; failing ...
The valley of the Genesee River is wide and fertile, with some of the best agricultural land in New York, but it was very prone to flooding, and Geneseo suffered several bad floods until the United States Army Corps of Engineers' construction of the Mount Morris Dam upstream of the community in the 1950s. [6]
Oatka Creek (/ oʊ ˈ æ t k ə / oh-AT-kə) is the third longest tributary of the Genesee River, located entirely in the Western New York region of the U.S. state of New York. From southern Wyoming County, it flows 58 miles (93 km) to the Genesee near Scottsville, draining an area of 215 square miles (560 km 2) that includes all or part of 23 towns and villages in Wyoming, Genesee, Livingston ...
A closed rock salt mine belonging to Brazilian petrochemical giant Braskem partially collapsed Sunday in the northeastern coastal city of Maceio, the city's civil defense authority said. It quoted ...
Genesee Country Village and Museum: Mumford: Monroe: Western New York: 19th-century living history museum covering more than 600 acres, includes an art gallery and nature center that is open only on weekends in January and February Genesee County Park Interpretive Nature Center: East Bethany: Genesee: Western New York: 430 acres, operated by ...