Postcard Tour This selection of vintage postcards shows Croton in the first half of the 20th century. Some of the images are of places we still see today, others are long gone -- but should not be forgotten. Thanks to Susan Hack-Lane, President of the Taconic Postcard Club, for providing these postcards. The New Croton Dam By any measure, the "new" Croton Dam is an engineering marvel. For 14 years…

Register, the style is brick Romanesque, featuring a bay window for the station master and a slate/tile roof. Today, the building is the office of F.A. Burchetta Co., electrical contractors. The inscription along the bottom of this circa 1906 postcard reads "This is where I'm spending my vacation." Croton's Waterfront This view of the Croton waterfront circa 1907-1914, probably shows the Osborn Bo…

1894 and is one of Westchester's oldest surviving bridges. Indeed, survival was a real issue with 18th and 19th century Croton River bridges, because spring "freshets" of melting snow or heavy rain tended to wash away early wooden bridges with surprising regularity. The 1894 bridge is actually the fourth bridge built at this location. The first was built in 1809, to carry Albany Post Road traffic …