Rosendale, New York
Rosendale, New York Location in Ulster County and the state of New York.
Location in Ulster County and the state of New York.
Rosendale is a town in the center of Ulster County, New York, United States.
3 Rosendale cement Further information: History of Rosendale Village The Town of Rosendale was formed in 1844 from parts of the Towns of Hurley, Marbletown, and New Paltz.
Joppenbergh Mountain (left), Route 213 (center) and the Rondout Creek (right), viewed from the Rosendale trestle overlooking the town The Rosendale Library, in the now-unincorporated Rosendale Village ROSENDALE was formed from Marbletown, New Paltz and Hurley, April 26, 1844.
Rondout Creek flows north-east through the town near the center, receiving Coxingkill from the south, and Cottlekill from the north.
Cement is extensively produced throughout the town.
(p.v.) situated on the creek and canal, near the center of the town, contains three churches, viz., Reformed, Baptist and Roman Catholic; two hotels, two stores, a school, two blacksmith shops, three wagon shoes, an undertaker, coal yard, a harness shop, a shoe shop, two milliners, a meat market, a cement kiln and about 550 inhabitants.
Lawrence, is situated on the creek, about a mile above Rosendale, and contains two cement manufactories and about 400 inhabitants.
The Rosendale Cement Company's Mills at this place, have a capacity for manufacturing about 350 barrels daily, and give employment to about 60 men.
Bruceville, in the west part of the town, on Rondout Creek, about two and a half miles from Rosendale, contains a store, a cement foundry and fifteen dwellings.
Rosendale Plains is a hamlet about one and a fourth miles south of Rosendale, and contains a hotel, a blacksmith shop, a trotting course and ten dwellings.
Le - Fevre Falls, (p.v.) formerly known as Rook Lock, is situated about a mile below Rosendale, and contains a store, three hotels, two cement manufactories and about thirty dwellings.
The New York Cement Company, at this place, manufacture about 500 barrels of cement per day and about 100,000 barrels amid the season.
Martin & Clearwater's Cement Works have a capacity for making 80,000 barrels per season, and give employment to about one hundred men.
Whiteport, in the north-east part of the town, is about four miles north from Rosendale, and about the same distance south-west of Rondout.
It contains the Neward & Rosendale Lime and Cement Works and a populace of about 1,500, including what is known as Hickory Bush.
Creek Locks, (p.v) in the east part of the town, where the canal locks into the creek, contains two stores, a grocery, a school and about 25 dwellings.
The Hudson River Cement Works, positioned on the Hudson River, a several miles above Rondout, have an extensive quarry near Creek Locks, where they give employment to about fifty men.
As this town had no separate organization until 1844, its early history is blended with that of adjoining suburbs from which it was taken.
"Gordon's Gazetteer" presented in 1836, says the village of Rosendale contains ten or twelve dwellings and a hydraulic cement factory, owned by W.E.
Mary's in Rondout, and Rosendale became a mission served out of Rondout. Given the ever-increasing Catholic population, thriving by the opportunity of employment in the cement quarries, plus the Delaware & Hudson Canal, a new, larger church building, designed by Arthur Crooks, was built.
Main article: Rosendale cement Seal of the New York and Rosendale Cement Company The Rosendale region is most well known for the manufacturing of natural cement.
The Rosendale natural cement trade began amid of the assembly the Delaware and Hudson Canal in 1825.
Rosendale natural cement soon attained a reputation for character among engineers and was used in the assembly of many of the United States' most meaningful landmarks, including the Brooklyn Bridge, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, Federal Hall National Memorial, and one of the wings of the United States Capitol.
Rosendale natural cement was produced from dolostone extracted from the Rosendale and Whiteport members of the Late Silurian Rondout Formation.
The natural levels of magnesium and clay in the dolostone from the Rondout Formation are ideally suited for cement manufacturing and required none of the chemical additives characteristic of undivided Portland cement production.
A mine on the property of the Snyder Estate, which is maintained as part of a exhibition preserving the history of the Rosendale natural cement trade by the Century House Historical Society, is open to the public.
In 2004 limited cement quarrying resumed in Rosendale, and Rosendale natural cement is again being produced.
Freedom Cement LLC, in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, is producing natural cement for use in historic restoration projects.
See also: Geography of Rosendale Village and Joppenbergh Mountain According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 20.8 square miles (54 km2), of which, 19.9 square miles (52 km2) of it is territory and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2) of it (3.90%) is water.
The New York State Thruway (Interstate 87) passes through the town, and the Rondout Creek joins the Wallkill River by the east town line.
Binnewater A hamlet north of Rosendale village.
Bloomington A hamlet in the northeast part of the town, southeast of Whiteport.
Bruceville A hamlet in the southwest part of the town, southwest of Rosendale village.
Cottekill A hamlet northwest of Rosendale village.
Creeklocks A hamlet at the east town line, south of Bloomington and on the west bank of Rondout Creek.
Hickory Bush A hamlet in the northeast part of the town, south of Whiteport and positioned on the west bank of Rondout Creek.
High Falls A hamlet and census-designated place at the town line by the southwest part of the town.
Kallops Corners A hamlet north of Rosendale village Lawrenceville A hamlet west of Rosendale village on Route 213.
Lefevere Falls A hamlet adjoining to the Thruway and northeast of Rosendale village.
Maple Hill A hamlet north of Lefever Falls and Rosendale village.
Rosendale (also known as Rosendale Village or Rosendale Hamlet) A hamlet and census-designated place in the easterly half of the town by Rondout Creek.
Tillson A hamlet and census-designated place south of Rosendale village Rosendale, New York History of Rosendale, NY, FROM: Gazetteer and Business Directory Of Ulster County, N.
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