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Mystery Dredge Follow-Up

Here’s a follow-up to the dredge post of May 24. This clipping passed along by Craig Williams appeared in the September 12, 1940 Fort Plain Standard. It mentions a 1941 dredging contract awarded to Dunbar and Sullivan in the 17-mile stretch between Mindenville and Yosts. Given that two years was allotted for the job, I…

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Here’s a follow-up to the dredge post of May 24. This clipping passed along by Craig Williams appeared in the September 12, 1940 Fort Plain Standard. It mentions a 1941 dredging contract awarded to Dunbar and Sullivan in the 17-mile stretch between Mindenville and Yosts.

Given that two years was allotted for the job, I wonder if the dredge was towed into the corridor and then towed to the next job after this one’s completion. Are there other photos of this particular dredge or of others by Dunbar and Sullivan?

Many thanks to Craig for sending along this clipping. Does anyone know more to the story? Did any of these displaced folks decide to settle in the Fort Plain area?

Other dredge posts can be read here. Are there any readers out there who have other dredge stories and photos, either recently or longer ago?

Marginally related: Here’s a bird’s eye view of Fort Plain from the past.

One response to “Mystery Dredge Follow-Up”

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    Lee Rust

    There are two or three spots between Canajoharie and Yosts where RR track, roadway, sloped pasture and forested hillside are in the same relationship to the Mohawk as in the 1940s photo. However, the distinctive white barn is nowhere to be seen on Google Street View these days.

    80+ years is plenty of time for a barn to fall down and trees to grow up, so this location will likely remain a mystery, but my best guess is 5510 NY-5 in Palatine Bridge NY at milepost 5-2512-1136. The most detailed Street View is archived from Dec 2021, when there were no leaves on the trees. The topography seems similar and the remains of a structure with adjacent stone wall are visible at about the right distance from the road. There’s also a riverfront flatland that would correspond to the dredgings from the Dunbar & Sullivan job.

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