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Harmony Mill Historic District

Between Mohawk River and RR tracks, Cohoes, New York

Photos 

Cohoes Company, Gate House No. 1

5. Photocopy of photograph. VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST, SHOWING ORIGINAL ROOF. (photographer unknown, pre-1922)

Photo from the Historic American Engineering Record

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Description 

The canals of the Cohoes Company comprised a typical, major power canal system, providing the power source for the city's mills and factories by supplying water for the water wheels and later for the turbines that drove the machinery in the mills. -- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER NY-9)

National Register information 

Status
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1978
Reference number
78003151
Areas of significance
Industry; Architecture
Level of significance
National
Evaluation criteria
A - Event; C - Design/Construction
Property type
District
Historic functions
Single dwelling; Manufacturing facility
Current functions
Single dwelling; Business
Periods of significance
1875-1899; 1850-1874; 1800-1824; 1825-1849
Number of properties
Contributing buildings: 298
Contributing structures: 1
Contributing sites: 1
Non-contributing buildings: 9

Tags 

Albany County, New York (213)
Brick (42,466)
Cohoes, New York (14)
District (10,627)
Historic American Buildings Survey (1,238)
Historic American Engineering Record (243)
New York (6,231)

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