Sand Lake

by Robert J Lilly, Mary D. French, Sand Lake Historical Society, et al.

Book Overview

Sand Lake Township lies just south of Troy and east of Albany. This community was a center of water-powered industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Dams on Crystal, Glass, and Burden Lakes provided waterpower for mills along the Wynantskill and finally for the largest waterwheel in North America at Burden Iron Works in Troy. When the railway arrived, the township with its seven lakes and numerous hotels blossomed into a tourist destination. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738505404
• ISBN13: 9780738505404
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"