PicNic at Cattaraugus

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PicNic at Cattaraugus

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Had a few minutes while on a trip to eat a bite and wonder about the wonderful activities that happened at this factory and the surrounding areas....enjoy
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Thanks for sharing this picture. No telling how many knives came from there. ::tu::
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philco wrote:Thanks for sharing this picture. No telling how many knives came from there. ::tu::
Ditto ::tu::
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Tell us more, where is this? I am very interested in history and the old buildings. Too bad it can't be rebuilt or at least cleaned up to original. thanks for sharing. ::tu:: Terry
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That is the burned out remains of the Cattaraugus factory #2 in Little Valley, N.Y. I had the pleasure of visiting there last summer with Dean Case and Brad Lockwood. That was before the second fire gutted the building still standing. It cannot be rebuilt, it is too badly damaged. Sadly it had been purchased by a person who had wanted to get the buildings back to usable condition and save their historic value, but when the first building burned a year and a half or so ago the site was condemned and the new owner is now saddled with the tremendous cost of cleaning up the site. What is really creepy is that the local FD believes the fires were started by meth lab explosions. Little Valley is a tiny village in a fairly remote part of N.Y. state and it is a shame that these meth makers are even in such rural areas.
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That's a great photograph. Thank you for sharing that with us. ::tu:: If you have any more of that building, please post those as well.

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This link http://www.jbfchamplin.com/?p=964 has some photographs of the building on fire and the aftermath........sad
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That's cool, too bad the building is beyond repair...
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Thanks for the great pics!! I had seen those before, can't remember where. They are of the first fire that took out the main building, the building in the OP has since been burned out too.
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Those were all great pictures, we can all only imagine what it was like back then! Thank you all for sharing. ::tu::
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bestgear wrote:This link http://www.jbfchamplin.com/?p=964 has some photographs of the building on fire and the aftermath........sad
Thanks for the link Tom. ::nod::

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So sad, the factory that I worked at for 40 years is in the process of being torn down, it saddens me, but time marches on. :(
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