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Union College in Schenectady is regarded as the Mother of Fraternities because Delta Phi is the oldest continually operating fraternity and Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi Societies were started on the campus.
The first railroad in America ran a distance of 11 miles between Albany and Schenectady.
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New Office Buildings, a part of the 15,000 Employees Leaving the General Electric Works, 1910
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Schenectady, New York, USA

The Electrical House. Electricity being used exclusively for heating, lighting, cooking, cooling, etc.
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History, News and Stories of Schenectady, New York, USA

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1661 - Schenectady founded
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1690 - February 8 - French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement on fire
Three surprise raids were planned in February 1690 against villages in New England. The most spectacular attack was the one on Schenectady, a... Read MORE...
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1798 - Schenectady Incorporated
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1824 - Schenectady
Schenectady, a City, and also a Post-Township, the capital of Schenectady County, situated on the Mohawk river, 15 1/ 2 miles NW. of Albany; bounded... Read MORE...
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1831 - August 9 - 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
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1854 - Schenectady
Schenectady, a city, capital of Schenectady county. New York, on the right bank of Mo hawk river, and on both sides of the Erie canal, 16 miles N. W. ... Read MORE...
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1869 - Schenectady
SCHENECTADY CITY was patented with certain municipal rights, Nov. 4, 1684; it was chartered as a borough, October 23, 1765; incorporated as a... Read MORE...
1892 - April 15 – The General Electric Company is established through the merger of the Thomson-Houston Company and the Edison General Electric Company.
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April 15, 1892
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1895 - Schenectady
Schenectady, a city of the state of New York, the county seat of Schenectady co., is situated on the Mohawk River and on the Erie Canal, the New York ... Read MORE...
1900 - MRS. ROGERS'S DEATH.
She Lived But Twenty Minutes After the Accident.
Providence, June 27 - Details have been received of the tragic death in Schenectady Monday... Read MORE...
1900 - Tornado
Schenectady, N Y, Nov. 22 - Several persons were injured and many others narrowly escaped death, while thousands of dollars' worth of damage was done ... Read MORE...
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1906
Schenectady, a city, capital of Schenectady co., N.Y., is situated on the Mohawk River, on the Erie Canal, and on the New York Central and Hudson... Read MORE...
1910 - BLAZE AT BIG CIRCUS. HUGE TENT BURNS, BUT 12,000 PERSONS ESCAPE UNHURT. PAGEANT ABOUT TO BEGIN.
Ringmaster Ready to Start Performance Before Vast Throng of Spectators When Fire Is Discovered - Audience Marches Out, Only a Few Being Scratched and ... Read MORE...
1922 - SCHENECTADY FIRE LOSS WILL REACH $250,000.
Schenectady, Dec. 3. - Schenectady's entire fire department battled hours yesterday afternoon and last night against flames which destroyed two of... Read MORE...
1928 - May 10 – The first regular schedule of television programming begins in Schenectady, New York by the General Electric's television station W2XB (the station is popularly known as WGY Television, after its sister radio station WGY).
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May 10, 1928
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