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  History of Tonawanda, New York, USA

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• 1854 - Tonawanda
  Tonawanda, a port and post-village of Tonawanda township, Erie county, New York, at the intersection of Tonawanda creek with the Niagara river,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1868 - One J. H. Mower, of Tonawanda, New York, claims to have discovered a new method of sub-aqueous communication, by which he can converse with persons at a distance without cable or other conductor than the water.
  He proposes to establish communication between America and Spain within three months at an expense of not more than $10,000. Electricians discredit...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1889 - The Buffalo and Niagara Falls Drainage Company has been incorporated with $5,000,000 capital.
  The object is to construct a ditch by way of Tonawanda to the bottom of the Niagara gorge, which will be used as a tail race for water motors.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  April 13, 1889
  
  
• 1898 - Tonawanda
  Tonawanda is the northwest corner town of Erie county, and is bounded on the north by the river and county of Niagara, on the east by Amherst, on the ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1904 - Tonawanda - incorporated in 1904
  
  
  
• 1906
  Tonawanda, a post-village of Erie co., N.Y., on the Niagara River, at the mouth of Tonawanda Creek, 10 miles N. of Buffalo and 11 miles SE. of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Delaware Street, Tonawanda, N.Y.
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  Clinton School, Tonawanda, N.Y.
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  Grand Island North Bridge, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
  Grand Island South Bridge, Tonawanda, N.Y.
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