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Letchworth, the gorge bought to stop a dam

Wyoming County, New York · 1907

Letchworth, the gorge bought to stop a dam

The Genesee cuts a gorge 550 feet deep through shale and sandstone, called the Grand Canyon of the East. William Pryor Letchworth bought the land to stop a power company damming the falls and gave it to the state.

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