Covert Manufacturing Co A Watervliet Hardware Firm Since 1872
Covert Manufacturing Co founded in 1872 in Watervliet specializes in iron and steel hardware for farm use. The plant, built in 1878, expanded to 80 000 square feet, with founder James C. Covert now led by his son known as Vima. Early best sellers were snaps and buckles. the firm also produces dog team snaps mine car snaps and extensive hardware for safety, belts, and mail bags.
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Watervliet
Covert Manufacturing Co
16Th Street
Sth Avenue
James C. Covert
James C. Covert MY
Vima
First Avenue Methodist Church An Outgrowth Of 1824 Society
The First Avenue Methodist Church grew from a 1824 society sponsored by Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Troy. It incorporated in 1880 and built its first owned church in the Jones Bridge area. The current building at 1st Avenue and 14th Street was opened in 1857 after prior occupancy at the same site.
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First Avenue
Old State ‘Street
Methodist — Episcopal Church of
Troy
Jones’ Bridge
1Sth Avenue
14Th Street
Arsenal to Spend 5 Million on Upgrades at Watervliet
The Watervliet Arsenal will receive about 5 million dollars in upgrades including a new electrical distribution system and subsystems to modernize ordnance research and production. Bids are due Thursday in New York for the project set to begin early next year and finish by 1960, under Col. Walter M. Tisdale.
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Watervliet
New York
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Walter M. Tissdale
Perfectiasy
Arsenal
Congress
Fiveother
Stephen Vincent Benet
U.S. Army
Waterviet
New York State
State Bank of Albany
Marinas Shape Watervliet As Boating Hub Of Region
Two large Watervliet marinas define the city as a boating center. The Boating Center at Broadway and 9th St. is run by Charles A. Spoor, and Merle Bradbury's Tri-City Yacht Basin sits at the foot of 17th Street. Both offer sales, service, repairs, refueling, storage, and boat-building, serving cruisers, yachts, runabouts, and sailboats bound for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.
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Watervliet
Port Menry-Westport
Catskill
Broadway
9Th St
Bradbury
Great Lakes
Lake Champlain
St. Lawrence Seaway
Hudson
Mr. Spoor
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Tri-City Area
Second Ave
U.S
France
Pres
Bettef
Ent
War Department
Gibbonsville
Hudson River
Lae
Pierworld
Gage Laboratory
Vnj
Est
Watervliet News
Troy Record
THE
Times Record
Record
William J. Cummings
Holden's Grocery
25Th St
Palmer Bros
Calvin Angus
Martin Keane
3Rd Ave
W., J. E. Healey
Chas
Diamond
James DE Lollo
Olive Conom
23Rd St
Sam Mgurdichian
Alvin Nutting
5Th Ave
Anthony DE Lolo
State Diner
19Th St
Nicholas Assini
Diamond's Card Shop
107Th Ave
Luigi
Red's Confectionery
DI Nuzzo Grocery
Plymouth
Chrysler
Carmen Goody Motor Sales
Broadway Watervliet
2Nd Ave
Curtis
Nes Aews
Curtis Winter
F. F. Grannell Lumber
Congress St. Bridge
State Bank
Plattsburgh State Bank
Plattsburgh Northway
Richfield Springs State Bank
Derry
Watervliet State Bank
Johnstown State Bank
Schoharie State Bank
Northeastern
Mechanicville State Bank
Echanicville
Hudson State Bank
State Street
Albany
Central Avenue
Menanos
Mechanicville
Plattsburgh
Amsterdam
Fohnstown
Schoharie
Richfield Springs
Chatham
Germantown
Fadsiel
Insurance Corporation
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