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The Adirondack Trail Improvement Society (A.T.I.S.) is a nonprofit organization based at the Ausable Club in St. Huberts, New York, founded in 1897 first to develop and maintain [1] and later to ensure regular maintenance and consistent marking of the trails in the St. Huberts and Ausable Lakes area of the Adirondack High Peaks. [2] Later, the organization began hiring trail counselors to lead ...
Syracuse Hancock International Airport ( IATA: SYR, ICAO: KSYR, FAA LID: SYR) is a joint civil–military airport five miles (8 km) northeast of downtown Syracuse, New York, and 65 miles (100 km) south of Watertown. [1] Operated by the Syracuse Department of Aviation, it is located off Interstate 81, near Mattydale. The main terminal complex is at the east end of Colonel Eileen Collins ...
Otis Worldwide Corporation ( branded as the Otis Elevator Company, its former legal name) is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and related equipment. Based in Farmington, Connecticut, U.S., Otis is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally ...
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Otis Elevating Railway, ca. 1900. The Otis Elevating Railway was a 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow gauge cable funicular railroad leading to the Catskill Mountain House in Palenville, New York. For the first 64 years of its existence, the Catskill Mountain House was accessible only by a long stagecoach from Catskill Landing on the Hudson.
71000552 [2] Added to NRHP. February 18, 1971. The Erie Canal Museum is a historical museum about the Erie Canal located in Syracuse, New York. The museum was founded in 1962 and is a private, non-profit corporation. [3] It is housed in the Syracuse Weighlock Building dating from 1850. The Syracuse Weighlock Building was in operation as a ...
Walnut Park Historic District. / 43.04222°N 76.13250°W / 43.04222; -76.13250. The Walnut Park Historic District is located in the University Hill neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, adjacent to the Syracuse University campus. [2] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811 – April 8, 1861) was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. [1] In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails. [2] [3]