Holly Manufacturing Company
Holly Manufacturing Company is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. East Hill stands 239 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 11 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Stone walls which are the ruins of the Holly Manufacturing Company, owned by Birdsill Holly, who is responsible for inventing the Fire Hydrant at this location in 1869. The adjacent Lockport Cave is a 1,700 foot underground tunnel designed by Holly.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 26.6 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Harbor overlook · 11 mi
- Niagara Power Vista · 18 mi
- Geologic Past overlook · 19 mi
- Industrial Heritage overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride: 0.0 mi
- Flight of Five: 0.1 mi
- Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises: 0.3 mi
- Van Horn Mansion: 9.7 mi
- The Great Pumpkin Farm: 14.5 mi
- Statue of Welcoming Jesus: 9.4 mi
- Tanglewood, 2006: 12.2 mi
- Kanazawa Seal: 12.2 mi
- Baird Point Columns: 12.5 mi
- Grace N. Seitz McCombs: 12.7 mi
- Scalzo Park: 0.2 mi
- Upson Park: 0.3 mi
- Ida Fritz Park: 0.4 mi
- Josephine Carveth Packet Park: 0.4 mi
- Union St. Park: 0.6 mi
- Union Station: 0.3 mi
- Violet Patch millstone: 1.4 mi
- Belva Lockwood Homestead: 5.4 mi
- Di Martino Garden: 11.4 mi
- Flight 3407 Memorial: 11.4 mi
- New York State Erie Canal Museum at Locks 34 & 35: 0.1 mi
- Erie Canal Discovery Center: 0.2 mi
- Col. William Bond-Jesse Hawley House: 0.3 mi
- Niagara County Historical Society Museum: 0.4 mi
- Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village: 6.4 mi
- Kenan Center Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Grace Plaza: 12.7 mi
- Rock garden: 15.0 mi
- Tribute Garden: 16.5 mi
- Memorial garden: 18.9 mi
- Lytle Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Spicer Creek Wildlife Management Area: 14.4 mi
- Scenic Woods: 14.7 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area: 14.7 mi
- Tillman Road Wildlife Management Area: 15.3 mi
- Indian Falls: 1.3 mi
- Royalton Falls: 5.4 mi
- Glen Falls: 14.6 mi
- Akron Falls: 15.1 mi
- Upper Akron Falls: 15.2 mi
- Indian Falls: 1.3 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 2.2 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 13.1 mi
- old gravel pit: 15.0 mi
- Devil's Hole Gulch: 18.0 mi
- Thirty Mile Point Light: 17.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.6 mi
- Fort Niagara Lighthouse: 19.6 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 22.6 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 22.6 mi
- Bedford Beach: 5.3 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 19.7 mi
- Emerald Beach: 22.3 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 24.3 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Eco Island: 19.8 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Holly Manufacturing Company. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hill | SSE 152° | 239 m | 14.2 mi |
| West Hill | SSE 161° | 228 m | 14.0 mi |
| Nichols Hill | ESE 106° | 225 m | 19.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | E 88° | 217 m | 21.6 mi |
| Saratoga Hill (9m) | SSW 198° | 180 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:57 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lockport 4E, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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