NEB&W Guide to Troy, NY - Depot Area

Last Update: 2009-08-22

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Depot Powerhouse

  • A view down Fulton Street c. 1870's and another c. '55 shows that for what we call the Downtown Century, when for about 100 years, there was little change in the downtown area. (Yet a mere decade later, 1965, sweeping changes would have eliminated the railroad and all its facilities, the beginning of the urban renewal movement which so destroyed the vitality of most cities.)
    • [C. 1870's. Photo from the Jim Shaughnessy collection.]
    • [C. 1955. Photo by Jim Shaughnessy.]

  • A view looking west on Fulton slightly further back.

  • Between 6th and Union on the north side of Fulton.
    • [Jack Waite photo c. 1960's, after the depot had been torn down.]
    • [Gerrit Bruins photo c. 1950's, looking over the passenger cars. Note the exposed roof trusses in the background.]
    • [Gurley annex c. 1970's, after Danny's Tavern, etc. had also been demolished.]

    Fulton Street Crossing Shanty

    • The crossing shanty on Fulton was right up against the powerhouse.

    Tool House

  • The view from the depot looking due east, with a freshly shopped NYC Pacific. (The engine was on display as part of the Hudson-Fulton celebration.)

  • Looking north Broadway.

  • Gerrit Bruins captured NYC passenger cars crossing Broadway c. 1950.

  • A c. 1900 postcard view from the Approach shows the original RPI gym (later the RPI Players playhouse) on the left, with the large brick collar factory later the home of Hudson Valley Community College. The large gray building with tower on the right of the street in the distance was the original Post Office.

  • My, how things have changed. Looking down the Approach today.

  • Looking up the hill with the depot in the lower left and RPI up on the hill. West Hall is on the left. The building with the spires was St. Joseph's Seminary. RPI took it over c. 1960, when it became their University Building. Our model railroad layout was in the former bakery in the basement from 1962 until 1968, when the building was torn down. About a decade later, the spot became the site of the RPI library.

  • Looking up the recently restored Approach today.

    Broadway Crossing Shanty