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Just north of Gasport, off Slayton Settlement Road (at Quaker Road) the
East Branch of the 18 Mile Creek makes another drop in its decent to lake level. The
scene is a favorite for generations. The photograph by Reed L. Johnson shows this
Niagara County beauty spot on June 21, 2000. He reports, "The day was sunny and
the photograph was taken after a recent rain so the reservoir was full enough to provide a
good flow over the dam." The picture was taken with Mustek MDC-800 digital
camera.
This view of an old Royalton Mill is just across the
road from the waterfalls shot taken by Reed Johnson, above.
This view in early Spring shows what remains of this structure quite well. During the summer months ivy (mostly the poison type) overgrows the frame.
Old decrepit structures, rustic decaying farm barns, and even the old Lockport Union Station can present unique photo opportunities around Niagara County.
It has been suggested that structures like this be left to stand with just limited clean-up but with a historical plaque to detail the part of history of our area that just clings on by old frames of stone and wood.
Same Scene As Painted By Anne Rohring
Not only is this scene a favorite of the Lockport Page Photographer, but of many others as well.
In the 2001 Rotary Club of Lockport Art Calendar the site is shown, perhaps a bit later on in Spring.
Ms. Rohring titles her work, "Old Mill, Quaker Road." The scene appears about twice the size in the calendar.
Frank Bredell, author of Lockport Boy has toured the world and is also author of several travel books. As
with most on tour he takes his camera along and looks for special photo opportunities.
When there is a tie-in with Lockport, we ask Frank to send the photos back to us for publication here at the Lockport Home Page. They often appear in our Lockportians-At-Large section.
Frank has used up hundreds of rolls of films in his travels and has some advice: "I send only one roll of film to the processor at a time, that way if they lose it or mess up I haven't loss everything." This requires almost daily trips to the photo processor for weeks after getting home but Frank feels this insurance effort is worth it.
The caption Frank supplied with this photo is:
Frank uses a point and shoot Olympus with a zoom. Film is usually
Fuji 400 but he tries 800 at times.