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Tonawanda Harbor: The Lumber Capital of the World

By John Thomas Slater - April 11, 2013

In the late 1800s, piles of lumber stretched for miles as the Twin Cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda developed around the harbor and the surging lumber industry.

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