By 1960, significant progress had been made on the Rochester Interloop, also known as the moat encircling Downtown Rochester. Much of the interloop had been completed or was under construction, a configuration that remains largely intact to this day.
It was a beautifu drive through the Montgomey County Farm Country south of Amsterdam.
Monday May 4, 2020 — Monroe County
Things are starting to green up in the farm country south of Amsterdam. Lots of twists and turns on this rural part of NY 30.
Monday May 4, 2020 — Monroe County
A much smaller city back then. Notice the Rochester Subway on the map - existed between the mid-1920s and 1956, a light rail system in the bed of the Erie Canal. Part of it became Interstate 490 through Rochester.
Home to the famous Quadrajet aka Rochester Carburetor and many other components for generations of General Motors cars from cigarettes lighters to emissions equipment. They are still around - for a while they were spun off as the Delphi Parts Corporation but now they are the General Motors Parts Corporation. If you drive a car by the General likely part of it was manufactured here.
