Hemlock Lake, New York, 1896 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Hemlock Lake, New York, 1896 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Hemlock Lake
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Hemlock Lake, New York, 1896
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Hemlock Lake, in Livingston County in western New York, sat in the hills south of Rochester in 1896, a long, deep lake surrounded by farms and woods. Since the 1870s it had served as the source of Rochester's drinking water, carried to the city through a long aqueduct, so the lake was a working reservoir for a city then growing on flour milling, nurseries, and manufacturing. Rochester residents knew the lake mainly as the origin of their tap water, and the district around it remained largely rural. This view records a quiet shoreline at a time when the Genesee valley's industrial growth depended on that supply.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Creator | rau, william herman |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,837 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Hemlock Lake |
| Reference | NY 1896 Hemlock Lake |
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