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Identifier: lakegeorgelakech01stod (find matches)
Title: Lake George and Lake Champlain : a book of to-day
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917
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Publisher: Glens Falls, N.Y. : S.R. Stoddard
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e greater part of which isshipped direct to consumers. The kilns are ownedand oi)fcrated by the F. W. Wait Lime Co., TheSherman Lime Co. and the Finch & Pruyn Co. Black MarLle (which is the pnivst carbonate oflime in the world, with perhaps tne exception of theIrish ard Belgian marble), in its native state, is ofa dark blue; wet. it becomes black; polished, itshines like jet. Blocks are quarried as large asfour feet square and nine feet long. It is cut intoslabs for tiles, table tops, mantels, interior decor-atioi;s and ornamental work by gangs of softiron plates or saws working horizontally acrosstbe block, the cutting power obtained by means ofa flinty sand. See them saw and note how, underdripping water, the toothless saws eat their waythrough the solid rock. Glen Lake is five miles north of Glens Falls. It is reached by trolley and by the trains of the D. & H. The Lake is something more than two miles in length and one in width, with French Mountain lying toward the north.
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LAKE GEORGE. LAKE GEORGE is the name of the village atthe south end of St. Sacrament in place of thetime-honored old one of Caldwell, and it is inorder for people who live at various points to explain that they are not at Lake George really,but only encamped round about the waters there-of. It is a comely village awakened to the newerlife of thrift and enterprise in place of the slum-brous past, with growing civic pride and inde-pendence in its modern ways and belongings, yetdelightful in its combination of the old and newand restful in its shaded streets and beautifulmountain setting. Hotels and boarding houses are varied and suf-ficient ordinarily for all occasions, the price rang-ing from $1 to $4 a day, according to season andaccommodations. Fort William Henry Hotel is at the head ofLake George just west of the ruins of that fam-ous old fort after which it was named. It looksout northward, commanding one of the most beau-tiful of the noted views of this most beautifullake. It stan

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