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Great Gorge Route -- Niagara Falls, N.Y.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Dunlap GP31 148-153, circa 1900

 Box — Box Dunlap - GP31: [Barcode: SC2146]
Scope and Contents

Glass plates 148-153

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Topics include: the Great Gorge Route, Dr. Edward Acheson, and the Upper Steel Arch Bridge.

Dates: circa 1900

Dunlap GPN 45 199 200-202, circa 1900

 Box — Box Dunlap - GPN45: [Barcode: SC2160]
Scope and Contents

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Topics include: the Great Gorge Route, the North Tonawanda Sub-Station, and the Niagara Falls Power Company.

Dates: circa 1900

Dunlap Photos, circa 1900

 Box — Case Y-18: Series Series 2 [Barcode: SC1593]
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

10x12 matted prints of photographs by Orrin E. Dunlap of scenes around Niagara Falls. Most of the photographs are of the falls and the river, but also included are images of the Great Gorge Route, a portrait photograph of chemist Mr. Edward Goodrich Acheson, and a photograph of John McKay and his "Indian Relic Collection".

Dates: circa 1900

Gorge Route Guide, 1931

 File
Scope and Contents From the File:

Correspondence, speeches, book excerpts, receipts, famous signatures, invitations related to the history of tourism, travel, and daily life in the Niagara Falls area

Dates: 1931

Gorge Route - I, 1895-1938

 File
Identifier: gphc.go.507.1
Scope and Contents

Photographs and newspaper clippings regarding the Great Gorge Route Railroad including the fire on the rail cars in 1938

Dates: 1895-1938

Gorge Route II, 1914-1986

 File
Identifier: gphc.go.508.1-37
Scope and Contents

Photographs showing the Great Gorge Route Railroad, the Gorge Road, the Gorge Route Trolly, Niagara River, and lower Bridges, and the Gorge Route trolley cars. Several photographic prints are from a publication titled "The Niagara Gorge Belt Line"

Dates: 1914-1986

Gorge Rt., bulk: 1894, undated

 File
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Great Gorge Route, including construction

Dates: Majority of material found in 1894, undated

Great Gorge Route or Gorge Route, circa 1910, undated

 File
Identifier: gphc.gr.13
Scope and Contents

Photograph showing railroad conductors in front of a train engine labeled "Great Gorge Route"

Dates: circa 1910, undated

Great Gorge RR, circa 1914-1930

 File
Scope and Contents

Photographs showing the open cars used for the Great Gorge Route RR trips for tourists. Several parts of the route are also shown in the images.

Dates: circa 1914-1930

Newspapers, 1860-1895

 File — Shelf SC0807: [Barcode: SC0807]
Scope and Contents

Newspapers depicting etchings of the falls, the visit of Prince Albert to NF and images of Niagara Falls, Pages from a book depicting etchings of Niagara Falls, Etching of the Falls by Harry Fenn, Harper's Weekly depicting etchings of Niagara's trolley line, Panoramic Guide from Niagara and Quebec Bound Guidebook by W.S. Hunter

Dates: 1860-1895