Add YOUR Family To This Page

History of Mechanicville, New York, USA

Journey back in time to Mechanicville, New York, USA

(Mechanicsville)

Visit Mechanicville, New York, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

Where is Mechanicville, New York, USA?

• General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
  The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• The first documented occurrence of the name "Mechanicville" dates back to 1829.
  The name comes from the early settlers, who were independent mastercraftsmen such as millers, carpenters, or butchers, whose professions were...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Mechanicsville
  Mechanicsville, a post-village of Saratoga co., New York, on the Hudson river, and on the Champlain canal, 12 miles N. from Troy. It contains a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Mechanicville became an incorporated village in 1859, when it had about 1000 inhabitants.
  It grew rapidly as textile mills, factories, and a linen thread company came to Mechanicville.
  www.wikipedia.org
  
  
• In 1878, additional railways came to the village of Mechanicville, and it became an important center of papermaking.
  
  www.wikipedia.org
  
  
• 1895 - Mechanicsville
  Mechanicsville, a post-village of Saratoga co., N.Y., in Half Moon and Stillwater townships, on the W. bank of the Hudson River, on the Champlain...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• In 1898, Robert Newton King built a hydroelectric power plant on the Hudson River in Mechanicville.
  The Mechanicville Hydroelectric Plant is now the oldest continuously-operating hydroelectric plant in the United States.
  www.wikipedia.org
  
  
• 
  The E.H. Strang Hose Co. Mechanicville, N.Y.
  Postcard
  
• 
  First National Bank
  Postcard
  
• 
  Second Avenue, South from Spring St., Mechanicville, N.Y.
  Postcard
  
• 1906
  Mechanicsville, a banking post-village of Saratoga co., N.Y., on the W. bank of the Hudson River and on the Boston and Maine and Delaware and Hudson...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 
  West Virginia Pulp and Paper Mill, 1906
  Postcard
  
• 
  D. & H. Depot and Garden
  Postcard
  
• 
  South Main St. and Residence of John C. Duncan, 1907
  Postcard
  
• 
  Broadway and Second St., 1908
  Postcard
  
• 
  Champlain Canal and Post Office, 1908
  Postcard
  
• 
  N. Main Street
  Postcard
  
• 
  Park Avenue and Main Street
  Postcard
  
• 
  Barge Canal Lock No. 2
  Postcard
  
• 
  In the Boston and Maine Freight Yard
  Postcard
  
• 
  Park Avenue, looking West
  Postcard
  
• 
  Tallmadge Park
  Postcard
  
• 
  Railroad Y.M.C.A. Building, 1910
  Postcard
  
• 
  Hudson River Bridge, Mechanicville, N.Y.
  Postcard
  
• 
  Hudson River Electric Co.
  Postcard
  
• 
  Park Avenue and Hotel Leland
  Postcard
  
• 
  Looking North on the Hudson River at Mechanicville, N.Y.
  Postcard
  
• Mechanicville became a city in 1915.
  
  
  
• 
  First M. E. Church
  Postcard
  
• 
  Manufacturers National Bank
  Postcard
  
• 
  North Main Street
  Postcard
  
• 
  Park Avenue, Looking West
  Postcard
  
•  1930 - MAN KILLED AS IRON PIPE FALLS
  Mechanicville, N. Y., Feb. 19 - Joseph Mezerowicz, 41, was killed instantly here when a 30-foot iron stand-pipe fell on him while it was being moved...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 
  St. Lukes Episcopal Church, and Junior Senior High School, 1930
  Postcard
  
• 
  The Mechanicville Branch of the State Bank of ALbany
  Postcard
  
• 
  The Municipal Building
  Postcard
  
• The largest paper mill in the world, which Mechanicville had hosted since 1904, ceased operations in 1971.
  
  www.wikipedia.org