THE NORMANSKILL GALLERY
Site of the Bradt Sawmill on the Normanskill. The Hudson River is in the far right, Albany (not shown) is 1.5 miles to the north.
Artist's conception of the Bradt sawmill, from downstream
The Norman's Kill Falls in Analectic Magazine, February 1819. Indexed as "Norman's Creek Falls."
Looking southeast toward the hill that is the foreground of the following images.
"A Distant View of Albany" by William Hart, picturing the Normanskill in 1848
"View of Albany Near Kenwood" by George Henry Boughton in 1854, with the Normanskill in the foreground
"Albany, from Kenwood" about 1873. This image comes from "Picturesque America," edited by William Cullen Bryant. Construction on the railroad ran from 1851 to1863. Open the image in a new tab for the full-size view.
Detail of "Albany, from Kenwood" showing the lower Normanskill in the center left. The Bradt farm was between the rail fence in the lower left and the railroad train in the upper left.
The Norman's farm on the Normanskill, a colorized detail of "Albany, from Kenwood." The Bradt farm included most of the farmland in this etching, all except the untilled field in the center right, and the pumpkin patch in the foreground.
The rapids, usually called Falls, of the Normanskill. Postcard, about 1910
The falls of the Normanskill about 1941