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Two Workers Standing by the steel framework Used to Move the Depot in Potsdam, NY

Two Workers Standing by the steel framework Used to Move the Depot in Potsdam, NY

The Potsdam Depot was moved using a steel framework that was placed underneath it and then hoisted up. . In 1980 the Potsdam Depot, now Mama Lucia’s, was moved to make way for the new bypass highway around downtown, to ease congestion of traffic. Potsdam NY. 1980 Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum.

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