Portage is a town in the southwest corner of Livingston County, New York, United States. The town is at the south end of Letchworth State Park. The name...
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Portage or portaging (CA: /pɔːrˈtɑːʒ/; US: /ˈpɔːrtɪdʒ/) is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river...
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after the aqueduct at Spoleto, Italy, and the timber viaduct in Portage, New York state. During the Industrial Revolution, and the mass-extraction of...
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Portage la Prairie (/ˈpɔːrtɪdʒ lə ˈprɛəri/) is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and...
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Iris Estate in the area that is now part of the park. The town of Portage, New York and the hamlet of Portageville are nearby. The three major waterfalls...
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Portage (/ˈpɔːrtɪdʒ/ POR-tij) is a city in Portage Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, on the border with Lake County. The population...
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highways in the U.S. state of New York. Signed state highways in New York, referred to as "touring routes" by the New York State Department of Transportation...
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The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania. It operated from 1834 to 1854...
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Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York. Upstate...
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American Revolutionary War. Rome is in New York's 22nd congressional district. The city developed at an ancient portage site of Native Americans, including...
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Earliest Settlers and Prominent Public Men. Edward L. Doty. pp. 449–450. portage new york railroad strike 1851. Scharf, J. Thomas (1879). History of Maryland...
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Letchworth State Park (redirect from Letchworth State Park, New York)
portions of the Livingston County towns of Leicester, Mount Morris and Portage, as well as the Wyoming County towns of Castile and Genesee Falls. In 1859...
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Genesee Arch Bridge (redirect from Portage viaduct)
the Portage Viaduct or Portage Bridge) is a steel arch railroad bridge over the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park, Livingston County, New York. It...
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Portage County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,791. Located in Northeast Ohio, Portage County is...
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Crime rates in New York City have been recorded since at least the 1800s. The highest crime totals were recorded in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the...
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Old Portage Road, also known as Old French Road and as French Portage Trail, was a Native American trail and later a road in present-day Chautauqua County...
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Albert J. Fisher (category Photographers from New York (state))
photographer. He is known for his stereoscopic views. His work is part of the New York Public Library's collection. The Getty Museum also holds his work. The...
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route. Portage may also refer to: Portage, Alaska Portage, Indiana Portage, Kansas Portage, Maine Portage, Michigan Portage (town), New York Portage, Ohio...
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geography of New York varies widely across the state. Most of New York is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York's Adirondack...
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County, New York, are signed with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices-standard yellow-on-blue pentagon route marker. County routes in New York "County...
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The Portage Escarpment is a major landform in the U.S. states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York which marks the boundary between the Till Plains to...
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Oneida Carry (category Portages in the United States)
location at modern-day Rome, New York, the cargo and boats would be portaged one to four miles overland to Wood Creek. This portage, which the Haudenosaunee...
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census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Nunda and Portage in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 362 at the 2010 census...
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American Civil War. The 136th New York Infantry was organized at Portage, New York beginning August 8, 1862 and mustered in for three years service on...
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The 130th New York Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service at Portage, New York, by Lt. Col. Thomas J. Thorp in September 1862. Consisting of ten...
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portage road that follows modern New York State Route 394 between Lake Erie and Chautauqua Lake, are still visible in the region. Western New York's land...
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Tier of Western New York. Remnants of the portage road remain to this day: most of NY 394 between the two waterbodies is named Portage Street, and a loop...
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statistical area consisting of six counties in Western New York, anchored by the city of Rochester, New York. Many counties are mainly rural with various farming...
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and was named for Moses Austin, who had emigrated to Portage Township from Genesee County, New York, in 1833. A settlement grew on the north shore of the...
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two-stage square tower above the north gable of the building.[3] Portage (town), New York "Portageville ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November...
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