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Black Rock, once an independent municipality,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://buffaloah.com/h/br/nap.html )〕 is now a neighborhood of the northwest section of the city of Buffalo, New York.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Black-Rock-Buffalo-NY.html )〕 In the 1820s, Black Rock was the rival of Buffalo for the terminus of the Erie Canal, but Buffalo, with its larger harbor capacity and greater distance from the shores of Canada, a recent antagonist during the War of 1812, won the competition. Black Rock took its name from a large outcropping of black limestone along the Niagara River, which was blasted away in the early 1820s to make way for the canal. ==History== In spite of losing the Erie Canal terminus to Buffalo and twice being burned to the ground by the British during the War of 1812, Black Rock continued to prosper and in 1839, was incorporated as a town. In 1853, the City of Buffalo annexed the town of Black Rock. Because of its strategic position across the Niagara River from Canada, Black Rock was an important crossing place for African-Americans escaping slavery via the Underground Railroad.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.buffaloresearch.com/ugrr.html )〕 This heritage is celebrated with an annual Underground Railroad Re-Enactment at Broderick Park on Unity Island at Niagara and West Ferry Streets, the site of a ferry crossing prior to the construction of passenger bridges. The area's first industry was shipbuilding, later supplanted by foundries, manufacturing, and canal commerce. Today Black Rock is home to Rich Products, one of Buffalo's largest private employers. It also boasts some pre-annexation houses and many excellent, often vacant examples of early 20th century brick and masonry industrial architecture. Black Rock's history is amply documented in the library collections of the Buffalo History Museum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/BECHS/lists/837182 )〕 The Market Square Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black Rock, Buffalo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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