About: Black Rock, Buffalo

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Black Rock, once an independent municipality, is now a neighborhood of the northwest section of the city of Buffalo, New York. In the 1820s, Black Rock was the rival of Buffalo for the terminus of the Erie Canal, but Buffalo, with its larger harbor capacity and greater distance from the shores of Canada, a recent antagonist during the War of 1812, won the competition. Black Rock took its name from a large outcropping of black limestone along the Niagara River, which was blasted away in the early 1820s to make way for the canal.

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  • Black Rock, once an independent municipality, is now a neighborhood of the northwest section of the city of Buffalo, New York. In the 1820s, Black Rock was the rival of Buffalo for the terminus of the Erie Canal, but Buffalo, with its larger harbor capacity and greater distance from the shores of Canada, a recent antagonist during the War of 1812, won the competition. Black Rock took its name from a large outcropping of black limestone along the Niagara River, which was blasted away in the early 1820s to make way for the canal. (en)
  • Black Rock, est un quartier du nord-ouest de Buffalo, dans l'ouest de l'État de New York, sur le lac Érié, près des chutes du Niagara. Black Rock tient son nom de l'affleurement de marbre noir qui longeait les rives du Niagara mais qui fut explosé avec la construction du canal Érié. En 1813, durant la guerre anglo-américaine Black Rock et Buffalo sont complètement incendiés par les Britanniques. Au XIXe siècle, surtout dans les années 1850, Black Rock était un passage important du "Chemin de fer clandestin", un réseau de routes clandestines construites par les esclaves noirs américains pour se réfugier au-delà de la ligne Mason-Dixon et jusqu’au Canada avec l’aide d'abolitionnistes. Black Rock est annexé en 1853 par Buffalo. (fr)
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  • Left to right from top: Market Square Historic District, neighborhood sign, 31 Tonawanda Street (en)
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  • Black Rock, once an independent municipality, is now a neighborhood of the northwest section of the city of Buffalo, New York. In the 1820s, Black Rock was the rival of Buffalo for the terminus of the Erie Canal, but Buffalo, with its larger harbor capacity and greater distance from the shores of Canada, a recent antagonist during the War of 1812, won the competition. Black Rock took its name from a large outcropping of black limestone along the Niagara River, which was blasted away in the early 1820s to make way for the canal. (en)
  • Black Rock, est un quartier du nord-ouest de Buffalo, dans l'ouest de l'État de New York, sur le lac Érié, près des chutes du Niagara. Black Rock tient son nom de l'affleurement de marbre noir qui longeait les rives du Niagara mais qui fut explosé avec la construction du canal Érié. En 1813, durant la guerre anglo-américaine Black Rock et Buffalo sont complètement incendiés par les Britanniques. Black Rock est annexé en 1853 par Buffalo. (fr)
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  • Black Rock, Buffalo (en)
  • Black Rock (New York) (fr)
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