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FINAL Phase IB Underwater Archaeological Resources Report for Onondaga Lake Superfund Site profitable business, was banned in 1901 due to impurities in the water; swimming was banned in 1940, and fishing (due to mercury contamination) in 1970. 83 Recreation on the Lake Onondaga Lake became a recreational hub beginning in the 1870s, competing with such places as Saratoga, Lake George and the Thousand Islands. 84 Resorts and amusement parks sprung up all over the western and southern shores, offering entertainment, dining, swimming, boating, fishing and carnival like attractions (See Figure 7). The larger of these resorts included: Iron Pier (1890); White City (1906); Lake View Point (1872); Pleasant Beach Resort (1874); Rockaway Beach (1892); Maple Bay (1889); Long Branch Resort (1882); and Manhattan Beach (1880s). Visitors could access the resorts via the Erie Canal, either by taking a packet along the five mile route of the Oswego Canal on the west side of the lake to Mud Lock and then into the lake. Or, piers were constructed at the southern part of the lake (Salina Pier, Geddes Pier, Iron Pier) where steamers and naphtha launches frequently picked up passengers from the canal and the train and took them to the various resorts (Figure 13 and Figure 14). Each resort constructed a landing dock to accommodate the steamers. Figure 13. Steamer Milton S. Price entering the Iron Pier (courtesy Onondaga Historical Association). Different access routes to the resorts became available in the 1890s, limiting the importance of the steamboats. The first lake shore boulevard was built in 1894, but was abandoned by 1902 because it was built on unstable ground and flooded annually. 85 A trolley line was built along the western shores of Onondaga Lake in 1899, shuttling visitors from Syracuse to the resorts in a matter of minutes, and making canal passenger travel to the resorts less popular (Figure 15). 21
FINAL Phase IB Underwater Archaeological Resources Report for Onondaga Lake Superfund Site Figure 14. A steamboat loaded with guests approaches Iron Pier (1899, Onondaga Historical Association Collection). Figure 15. Postcard of the Boulevard with the Syracuse Yacht Club on the right and a trolley on the left (from vintageviews.org, n.d.). 22
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