Building date: 1930's
Original use: Pump house, utility shed
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Street level view is not available. Location is Google Earth confirmed; 43°20'49.28"N 76°41'34.36"W.
There is no address. Use the Fair Haven Beach State Park map to understand the pumphouse location within the park. Please obey any access signage in the area. If access is restricted, contact the park office to request access permission to view the building (315) 947-5205.
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Cobblestone utility shed, Fair Haven State Park. Built in 1930s. The building was constructed of cobblestone, a housing for a concrete pit where an automatically controlled water pump provided water to a tank located at the highest point on the bluff. The water from this 25,000 gallon tank then became use by both the CCC Camp and park patrons. In later years a newer, larger 75,000 gallon tank was added, but by a private contractor. Even later village water was added.
When Fair Haven State Park was constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps workmen constructed two cobblestone structures. Shown below is an incinerator built in cobblestone fashion. It became necessary to find the power with which to expedite progress in clearing land for buildings and roads. Many old chestnut tree stumps had to be removed. One of the first CCC project was to construct this cobblestone incinerator to burn park garbage. However it proved a failure. Richard Palmer blog.
 Cobblestone shed, Fair Haven State Park.jpg ¹ |  CScreen Shot 2019-05-07.jpg ¹ Attribution not provided. |
¹ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
