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Meet John Wilkinson, a 'man of uncommon vision,' who brought the railroad to Syracuse

Meet John Wilkinson, a ‘man of uncommon vision,’ who brought the railroad to Syracuse Posted Apr 28, 2021 A 1920 photograph of the reproduction the "DeWiit Clinton." Courtesy of the Onondaga Historical AssociationCourtesy of the Onondaga Histori Facebook Share By Robert Searing | Curator of history, Onondaga Historical Association One Hundred Eighty-Six Years Ago: In the spring of 1834, Syracuse was one of many small, but growing villages that had sprung up along the Erie Canal since the c...
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A World of Words and Wires

A World of Words and Wires Updated Jan 31, 2021; Posted Jan 31, 2021 Clinton Square, circa 1900. Wires abound in this photograph of a city at the dawn of a new century. By 1909, when the city’s 3 major telegraph/telephone companies merged, they had removed an estimated 2,636 poles, with 4,600 cross arms, and 775 miles of copper wire from the city streets. Photo courtesy of Onondaga Historical Association. Facebook Share By Robert Searing | Curator of History, Onondaga Historical Association...
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