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	First Name: Andrew
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	Date : 5/2/2011 10:20:59 AM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : I own a 1937 brick house in Poughkeepsie made from DPBW

	First Name: sylvia wright roosa
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	E-Mail Address : wayway61@gmail.com
	Date : 11/11/2010 4:49:45 PM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : im very interested if anyone has pics of the 50s

	First Name: Nobody
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	Date : 11/5/2010 3:56:47 PM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : "...it slips awayand all your money won't another minute buy."

	First Name: SYLVIA ROOSA
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	E-Mail Address : WAYWAYYONDER57@PEOPLEPC.COM
	Date : 10/19/2009 9:40:38 PM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : IM NOT MEANING TO TAKEUP SO MUCH SPACE THIS SITE REALLY HITS HOME.ADDING TO MY PREVIOUS WORDS I LOVED MY PLAYMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND I MITE ADD THAT MY PARENTS ADDED 13 MORE CHILDREN TO THE FAMILY.AFTER THE COMPANY SHUT DOWN WE COULDNT FIND A PLACE BIG ENOUGH SO A FRIEND OF MY FATHERS LET US LIVE IN HIS BARN UNTIL WE FOUND A PLACE IN POUGHKEEPSIE .OVER THE YEARS MY FATHER CONTRACTED THIS BAD COUGH THAT WOULDNT LEAVE HIM.WE FIGURED OUT IT CAME FROM THE BRICK-DUST HE PASSED AWAY IN 89 MY MOM IN 09 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE JUST ONE PICTURE FROM THE 50S -60S

	First Name: SYLVIA ROOSA
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	E-Mail Address : WAYWAYYONDER57@PEOPLEPC.COM
	Date : 10/19/2009 9:08:59 PM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : I JUST FOUND THIS WONDERFUL WEBSITE.BOY DID IT BRING BACK MEMORIES.MY NAME IS SYLVIA I WAS RAISED IN THE BRICK HOUSES THAT BELONGED TO DENNINGS POINT BRICKWORKS IREMEMBER GOING DOWN THE HILL FROM OUR FIRST FL. FLAT TO THE OFFICE WHICH WAS LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE BALLFEILD.WE PAID 25 DOLLARS EACH MONTH. MY GRANDFATHER WORKED THERE FIRST ,AND WHEN MY FATHER MARRIED MY MOTHER THEY RELOCATED TO BROCKWAY FROM SO.CAROLINA I WAS 1 MONTH OLD I REMEMBER AT THE AGE OF 5 THAT MY GRANDFATHER WHO WORKED IN THE KILN GO BURNED FROM HIS KNEE TO HIS ANKLE AND IT WOULD NOT HEAL BECAUSE HE HAD DIABETIES.ALL OF MY MEMORIES FROM THAT ERA CONCERNING MY NEIGHBORS

	First Name: bill
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	E-Mail Address : jackson748@msn.com
	Date : 7/23/2009 2:48:47 PM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : I lived in Brockway in the 1960'sLoved it. Great place to be young and poor .....The Fishkill Town Hall has an aerial picture of the Hamlet of Brockway around 1920's/40's not sure of the correct date, pretty nice photo ask the town historian for it.

	First Name: george
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	E-Mail Address : georgeconrad88@yahoo.com
	Date : 10/23/2008 9:35:42 PM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : Does the wind remember, and do the weeds whisper in the small voices of those who have gone?

	First Name: Al
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	E-Mail Address : alw788@verizon.net
	Date : 5/6/2008 9:40:09 PM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : Hi, when I was a young boy I visited the remains of the old Sage brick Factory in Southold L.I. N.Y. and have loved Brick history ever since.

	First Name: Jim
	URL : www.csi-cybersales.com
	E-Mail Address : jmd13@cornell.edu
	Date : 4/3/2008 11:07:20 AM
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	Comments : I lived in Brockway in the summer of 1941. I wonder if there are any photos of the workers homes, the ones with no indoor plumbing?

	First Name: Tag
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	E-Mail Address : JacksCorner@webjogger.net
	Date : 2/26/2008 10:27:27 AM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : My father, Jim Grazioso, once worked at the brick yard.I collect postcards. Does anyone have postcards of Dennings Point Brick Works and/or Brockway/s?

	First Name: george
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	E-Mail Address : georgeconrad88@yahoo.com
	Date : 1/18/2008 1:55:42 PM
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : The river is still the same.

	First Name: Marty
	URL : www.brockwaybrickworks.com
	E-Mail Address : mjconrad@optonline.net
	Date : 12/21/2007 1:17:48 PM
	Visitor No: 3891
	Comments : Amazing that this site has been up now for 10 years...in that time that place has completely changed....

	First Name: Ira
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	E-Mail Address : ira@vbe.com
	Date : 2/13/2007
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : A great site! Thanks. Found a Brockway brick the other day!

	First Name: jeff
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	E-Mail Address : jrusse@pgtc.com
	Date : 2/2/2007
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : My g.g.g. grandfather started the brockway brick works, edwin brockway. Thanks for the pictures.

	First Name: Cathy Ann
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	Date : 9/30/2006
	Visitor No: 0
	Comments : Wonderful site. Thank you for sharing the photos and information.

	First Name: Crazy-M
	URL : www.crazym.com
	E-Mail Address : m@crazym.com
	Date : 7/12/2006 11:04:17 PM
	Visitor No: 3088
	Comments : Saw the Guardian the other day...he said to say "Hi"...

	First Name: Lost
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	E-Mail Address : lost@unknown.org
	Date : 6/27/2006
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	Comments : I went back a couple of weeks ago...Brockway Road is now a real road that you wont get pulled over for driving on...there are new communities eating into the landscape...BBW is gone forever, except for bits and pieces scattered around...

	First Name: Don B
	URL : http://brickcollecting.com/collection.htm
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	Date : 5/6/2006
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	Comments : Great web site. Love all the photos of DPBW! Have set up a link to your site from mine.

	First Name: Mary Strolis-Schulz
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	E-Mail Address : mcs@hvc.rr.com
	Date : 4/5/2006
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	Comments : My greatgrandfather, Condolore Ferrone, worked at the brickyards,saved money, bought a house on Wilkes St, and moved all 7 kids there. My grandmother, Mary Ferrone Ruf, occasionally went to the school there, barefoot, of course. My grandmother spoke of Cl

	First Name: Pablo
	URL : www.pablochang.com
	E-Mail Address : pablochangphoto@aol.com
	Date : 6/28/2005
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	Comments : Hey Everyone! Took some pics at Dennings point over the last couple weekends. What a nice place and the tree cover is so thick and lush its kin of like a rainforrest. Ill put up more as I take em. http://www.pablochang.com/gallery.asp?catid=53 Pablo

	First Name: Oscar
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	E-Mail Address : bleetstein@yahoo.com
	Date : 6/23/2005
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	Comments : Im doing extensive renovations of a brownstone in Harlem (built roughly 1900) and as part of the project I knocked out the back wall of the building. The bricks are Rockway. Theyre beautifully made...

	First Name: Somewhere in 2005
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	Date : 4/11/2005
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	Comments : ...imprisoned in these latter days, no returning to times long ago and lost. They have come, and they bury what was beneath new metal and glass, and the parasites will gather....

	First Name: Anita
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	E-Mail Address : anitawill2@yahoo.com
	Date : 10/7/2004
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	Comments : My grandfather worked at the brick factory and my father, aunt, and uncle grew up in the housing there for workers. I grew up a few miles north but never saw the place in its full glory since it was already in ruins Thanks for unearthing these photographs

	First Name: Terry Sandford
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	E-Mail Address : tjsandford@msn.com
	Date : 6/9/2004
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	Comments : Amazing! As a kid in the 70s, wed play down in the abandoned brickyards as the trains would roll by. Thanks for the memories.

	First Name: Mike
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	E-Mail Address : embex@rcn.com
	Date : 5/7/2004
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	Comments : After finding many bricks with DPBW on them near my house, I looked on the Web and found my way to your site. Thanks for solving the mystery.

	First Name: william
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	E-Mail Address : pendleton69@hotmail.com
	Date : 4/25/2004
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	Comments : one of the many spots i miss from down home may the river reclame her and make her part of the land once more

	First Name: Joe
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	E-Mail Address : oldiesman55@hotmail.com
	Date : 2/17/2004
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	Comments : When will we learn to appreciate what we have. Those buildings would have outlasted us all; it seems to me that it might be less expensive to reactivate the buildings than to rebuild after tearing them down. Such lovely buildings! Im sorry that I didnt ge

	First Name: stephen foster
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	Date : 12/5/2003
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	Comments : Ah, the voice of bygone days, will come back again-whispering to the weary hearted many a soothing strain.

	First Name: george
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	Date : 12/5/2003
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	Comments : this is the first time I visited the site--the photographs are haunting--wonderful

	First Name: Rich
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	Date : 6/15/2003
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	Comments : My grandfather,Frank Stanullwich worked at the brickyards.Thanks for your efforts on the website.

	First Name: Bob
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	E-Mail Address : bsylvester@kensingtonbooks.com
	Date : 6/14/2003
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	Comments : Bricks and Hats, thats what made Beacon.

	First Name: The Glenham Crue
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	E-Mail Address : WindwaterFalls@yahoo.com
	Date : 6/2/2003
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	Comments : Brockway was one of our favorite hangouts in the 80s. From hanging out at the cul-de-sac to headin over to the factory, especially down by the river to climbing the rafters and beams. Many a party was had and YES we left our words on the walls too! Take i

	First Name: willie reed
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	E-Mail Address : williejr44@hotmail.com
	Date : 5/29/2003
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	Comments : I enjoy your site, my father willie sr. worked at the brickyard in the 50s until it closed. please email me if you feel you have more to share thank you.

	First Name: Jim
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	E-Mail Address : jimpratt@optonline.net
	Date : 5/29/2003
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	Comments : As its Bob Hopess birthday today, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

	First Name: Kevin & Pat Bradley
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	E-Mail Address : KMB135@aol.com
	Date : 5/28/2003
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	Comments : As a young boy growing up on North Chestnut Street, I can remember our neighbor Harry Devine arrivig home each night with red dust all over his clothes. Thank to people like Harry we have many buildings still standing today.

	First Name: Lessslie
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	E-Mail Address : lesroe@att.net
	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : Thanks for the memories. I have hundreds of red brick around my patio and many have DPWB on one side of the brick.

	First Name: Mary Ann
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	E-Mail Address : MBOLA3@aol.com
	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : I SAW YOUR ARTICLE IN THE PK JOURNAL TODAY - MY GRANDFATHER, MIKE SEELEY, WAS A BOSS IN THE BRICKYARDS IN THE 1930S AND BOTH HE AND MY FATHER, PHIL MATTRACION, WORKED THERE FOR MANY YEARS - THANKS FOR THE ARTICLE - MY FATHER WHO IS NOW 85 THOROUGHLY ENJOY

	First Name: Victor
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	E-Mail Address : ladybug00653@aol.com
	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : My Dad, Victor DiGiovanni, was born in the brickyards back in 1914. Very interesting article

	First Name: Kris
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	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : Thanks for a great site that preserves an important part of our river heritage. I was sorry to read of plans to cram in more houses and steal away more riverfront. Progress ?????

	First Name: charles
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	E-Mail Address : sangalinec@aol.com
	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : My father Charles Sangaline was supervisor and brick burner from the mid 40s to 1961.I worked with my father 1960&61 at the plant. My father commuted from Kingston all these years to work. My father worked al his life on brickyards.

	First Name: JOhn
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	E-Mail Address : justabeamer@yahoo.com
	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : I remember looking at the site from the river in the 1970s. My father had a boat at Whites marina and we went by the brickyard all the time. I always wondered what it used to be, now I know. Thanks for the memories.....

	First Name: George
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	E-Mail Address : hawks47@hotmail.com
	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : In the late 1950s,my grandparentsowned a house on dennings point in Beacon.I still remember my granfather and I fishing and crabbing in the river by the brickworks,which was still very much in operation at the time.

	First Name: sam
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	E-Mail Address : samarielan@aol.com
	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : thanks for sharing the past history and photos with those that live here in the hudson valley. 8th generation valley resident.

	First Name: colin
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	E-Mail Address : ruffnuts1@hotmail.com
	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : I remember playing down at the brickworks as a kid. I had a friend that lived there named Freddie. Wasnt there a school there also? I thought there was one right on Brockway Road. We spent many hours down there having fun.

	First Name: John Brockway
	URL : Pawling NY 12564
	E-Mail Address : JohnBetsyB@aol.com
	Date : 5/26/2003
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	Comments : Enjoyed your photo essay on Bway Brickyard.Family settled here from Lyme CT/1650s. Willing to share genealogy data re: trucks, glass, canalboats, lumber, ferries, etc

	First Name: Leo
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	E-Mail Address : leov@webjogger.net
	Date : 5/20/2003
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	Comments : Isaw your letter in the Poughkeepsie Journal and came to the site after attending the opening of DIA in Beacon. I just want to say, for all you have done, thank you.

	First Name: Diane
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	Date : 5/18/2003
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	Comments : I remeber my father-in-law telling stories about the brickyards and the surrounding areas. I really enjoyed listining to them. It was part of history. He was laid to rest with a brick from the old building.

	First Name: Bill Siebert
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	E-Mail Address : gp30sieb@aol.com
	Date : 5/13/2003
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	Comments : We moved to this region in 1950 (I was 8 mo. old) because my father, Bob, got a job at the Brockway plant. I remember as a boy him taking us on tours of the plant. I can still feel the heat. Thanks for the memories. I think he still has old slides of the

	First Name: PATRICIA MILKOVICH
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	Date : 5/12/2003
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	First Name: Brenda
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	Date : 5/12/2003
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	Comments : My father used to take us crabbing off the shore at the brickyards in the 60s. I also had an uncle that worked there. I still remember going into the building and feeling the heat from the ovens. It was so overwhelming for a kid. Too bad its gone!!

	First Name: Bette
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	Date : 5/2/2003
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	Comments : I learned to swim at Dennings Point and my father was a bookkeeper for D.J.Strickland (DPBW)until the depression hit everyone.Strickland brought a new method of producing or speeding up the process from Cleveland,Ohio.

	First Name: Allye
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	Date : 8/19/2002
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	Comments : Touring the Mills Mansion in Rhinebeck today I found several old bricks that had fallen from the walls. They had DPBW on them so I searched the net to see where they were from. Thanks for the informational site.

	First Name: Shirley
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	E-Mail Address : mrsb@pgtc.com
	Date : 6/15/2002
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	Comments : My great great grandfather built the Brockway Brick Co. starting at the site in Brockway just north of Beacon. His father had a brickyard in the Haverstraw area. It was really exciting to see the pictures to go along with the history of the family that I

	First Name: Bob
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	E-Mail Address : pakakes@aol.com
	Date : 3/2/2002
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	Comments : Thanks for the Photos. I live in Beacon, on the hill overlooking Dennings point. Every weekend I take my walk around the penninsula.Its such a beautiful and peaceful area. Bald eagles live there during the winter. Never saw the Brickworks in their last ye

	First Name: Mark
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	E-Mail Address : mstrickland_jr@hotmail.com
	Date : 11/20/2001
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	Comments : Im certainly glad my cousin talked with me about what our family built. I had know idea the factory was so big. Ive heard bits and pieces over the years about this brick factory our family once owned, but never did I imagine it to be like this. Thanks.

	First Name: Kat
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	Date : 1/3/1999 7:48:09 AM
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	Comments : In the mid 80's I made several walking trips to Dennings Point. I always loved walking the loop to the tip of the peninsula and back. I recall a few small brick buildings, but most memorable were my explorations of "The Paper Clip Factory". Was this the main brick factory? If so, when did it become the paper clip place? When did they stop punching out these paper clips? Was it's "dock" that was situated in the crotch of the peninsula reduced to rubble as well? And do the smaller buildings still stand? One of the greatest thrills of my life was seeing this out croping of land from the top of Mount Beacon. I made several walking trips up this mountain because I loved to see DP, the Mighty Hudson River, Bannerman's Island and beyond. Dennings Point will always have a special place in my heart and I someday hope to make these walking trips again.

	First Name: Unknown Unknown
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	E-Mail Address : deepunder@ground.org
	Date : 12/23/1998 4:39:02 PM
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	Comments : "When the tides of life turn against you and the current upsets your boat, don't waste those words on what might have been; just lay on your back and float." -Furnace Room

	First Name: Trax
	URL : http://www.alpharail.simplenet.com
	E-Mail Address : ltuttle@cdsnet.net
	Date : 11/4/1998 1:44:14 AM
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	Comments : Great job documenting a regal example of American industrial architecture.

	First Name: JJ POSPIECH
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	E-Mail Address : JJSPUDY
	Date : 10/24/1998 11:23:18 PM
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	Comments : REAL NICE PICTURES GET MORE IF CAN

	First Name: Lou
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	Date : 7/28/1998 2:41:43 PM
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	Comments : Do you have pictures of my Table???

	First Name: The Guardian
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	Date : 7/14/1998 4:41:40 PM
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	Comments : You got old pictures? Like when it was bilt or something? I think that wood be good. I like pictures. I like yore site. You take pictures good.

	First Name: Ray
	URL : http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/8774/
	E-Mail Address : sjg@geocities.com
	Date : 3/29/1998 1:11:05 AM
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	Comments : What a nice little site. I enjoy both old buildings and history and you have a little of both. Thanks for visiting my web site, enjoy your PB 680. See You Ray

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	Date : 11/19/1997 4:36:01 PM
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	Comments : Nice Site.....very talented....tells a good story

	First Name: Captain Morgan
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	E-Mail Address : Ya got it already!!
	Date : 11/18/1997 3:05:43 AM
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	Comments : Dude- Love the site, man!! You must be, like, a photographer or something, right? Coolness.... One of the pics on the bottom of page four was stuck off where I'm sure it shouldn't have been tho. Later!!!

	First Name: Crazy M
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	Date : 11/17/1997 9:32:43 PM
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	Comments : Cool pictures, man.

	First Name: HP Lovecraft
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	E-Mail Address : cloud9@heaven.com
	Date : 11/13/1997 12:36:17 AM
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	Comments : The place reminds me of one of my stories!

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