๐บ๐ธ Hammondsport is a village at the south end of Keuka Lake, in Steuben County, one of the Finger Lakes of New York, United States. The Village of Hammondsport is in the Town of Urbana and is north-east of Bath.
History Lazarus Hammond founded the village around 1827. The village was incorporated in 1856. The village later became a centre for the New York wine industry.
The American motorcycle designer and manufacturer, and recognised expert on gasoline engines Glenn Hammond Curtiss resided at Hammondsport, where he was born in 1878. Early development of aircraft and seaplanes was carried out at Hammondsport by Curtiss who had joined with Alexander Graham Bell and others in the Aerial Experiment Association.
In 1921, five local men purchased a wood barrel factory just south of the present D.W. Putnam Wine Company, and named it the Aerial Service Corporation. Two of these men, Henry Kleckler, the president and William Chadeayne, vice president, were formerly with the Curtiss Aeroplane Company, founded by Curtiss. Today, this company is known as the Mercury Corporation.
Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0ย kmยฒ), of which 0.3 square miles (0.78ย kmยฒ) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10ย kmยฒ) (5.41%) is water.
Hammondsport is at the south end of Keuka Lake, north of the junction of New York State Route 54 and New York State Route 54A. NY-54A passes through the village after linking with County Road 76.
Keuka Inlet and Glen Brook flow past the village.
Information One of Hammondsport's current wineries, the Pleasant Valley Wine Company, founded in 1860 and a mile south-west, was designated U.S. Bonded Winery No.1 and has eight remarkable stone buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Great Western Winery and Visitor Center, the most comprehensive centre of its kind in the world, is part of the same facilities. Displayed there are historical artifacts covering over 140 years of Finger Lakes winemaking and grape growing expertise, a working model of the Bath and Hammondsport Railroad, "The Champagne Trail" and the cooper's shop, showing authentic wine casks and barrels, cooper tools and equipment.
Hammondsport's other wineries include Bully Hill Vineyards, Dr. Konstantin Frank, Heron Hill Winery, and Chateau Renaissance Wine Cellars. Bully Hill Vineyards includes the Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum.
The village is referred to as "The Cradle of Aviation" and is home to The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, dedicated to the memory of the pioneer aviator and housing such exhibits as a full-scale replica of the first naval aircraft and many original planes and developed by Curtiss.
The modern-day Mercury Corporation is a privately held company having 1,500,000ย sqย ft (140,000ย mยฒ) of manufacturing facilities in New York, subsidiaries in Florida, North Carolina, Minnesota and Mexico, as well as alliance partnerships in Europe and Asia. It is one of the leading corporations involved in contract manufacturing, sheet metal fabrication and assembly, and plastic injection molding.
The village was served by the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad for many years. Although the tracks are still in place, railroad service has been discontinued.
Hammondsport is along the route of the Finger Lakes Trail, a scenic trail winding across central and western New York.
Much of the 1995 mockumentary Dadetown was filmed in and around Hammondsport.
In addition to Pleasant Valley Wine Company complex, other sites on the National Register of Historic Places are Germania Wine Cellars, Gold Seal Winery, Hammondsport Union Free School, Mallory Mill and the Pulteney Square Historic District.
Hammondsport has a population of over 583 people. Hammondsport also forms part of the wider Steuben County which has a population of over 93,584 people. Hammondsport is situated north-east of Bath.
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๐บ๐ธ Ithaca -76.496,42.441 d: 59.4
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๐บ๐ธ Batavia -78.183,42.983 d: 102.2
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Antipodal to: Hammondsport 102.783,-42.4
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