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 Carillon Bridge - Ticonderoga, NY Posted by:  neoc1
N 43° 50.987 W 073° 24.885
18T E 627416 N 4856409
The Carillon Bridge Historic Marker is located in Carillon Park west of the bridge on SR 74 over the La Chute River on Montcalm Street in the Village of Ticonderoga, NY.
Waymark Code: WM17EPW
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2023
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The Carillon Bridge historic marker pays homage to the works and deeds of Michel de Chartier de Lotbiniére who first developed this area by harnessing the power of the La Chure River and by his assistance to Benjamin Franklin during the American Revolutionary War.
A monument set onto a vertical stone placed on a square fieldstone base has a plaque which is inscribed:
CARILLON BRIDGE
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NEAR THIS SPOT IN 1755-1756
MICHEL DE CHARTIER DE LOTBINIÉRE
ENGINEER OF FORT CARILLON, BRIDGED
THIS STREAM AND HARNESSED THIS
WATERPOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SAWMILLS, STOREHOUSES AND BARRACKS
WERE LOCATED HERE, BEING WITHIN THE
SEIGNORY OF ALAINVILLE GRANTED BY
FRANCE IN 1758 TO LOTBINIÉRE, THIS
WAS THE FIRST PATENT COVERING SITE OF
TICONDEROGA. HIS VAST ESTATE
SUBSEQUENTLY GRANTED TO BRITISH
SOLDIERS, LOTBINIÉRE IN 1776 REFUSED
ENGLAND’S OFFER OF COMPENSATION,
PREFERRING TO AID FRANKLIN IN OBTAINING
FRENCH SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN CAUSE.
BECAUSE OF THIS SACRIFICE, UNREQUITED
BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, THIS
BRIDGE IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED TO THE
SEIGNIOR OF ALAINVILLE WHO WAS ALSO
AN AMERICAN PATRIOT.
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ERECTED BY TICONDEROGA CHAPTER, S.A.R.
AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 1933
Group that erected the marker: Ticongeroga Chapter - Sons of the American Revolution
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Carillon Park
Montcalm Street
Ticongeroga, NY United States
12883
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