Manchester (town), New York
| Manchester | |
| Town | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | New York |
| County | Ontario |
| Coordinates | 42°58′10″N 077°13′34″W / 42.96944°N 77.22611°WCoordinates: 42°58′10″N 077°13′34″W / 42.96944°N 77.22611°W |
| Population | 9,395 (2010) |
| Town Supervisor | Jeff L. Gallahan (R) |
| - Town Council | |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
  Location within the state of New York
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Manchester is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 9,395 at the 2010 census. The town was named after one of its villages, which in turn was named after the original Manchester in England.
The Town of Manchester includes a village also named Manchester. The town is northeast of the city of Canandaigua.
See Lehigh Valley Railroad for more information.
Manchester was an important division point and car classification yard for the Lehigh Valley Railroad and was, at one time, the largest such facility in the world. As a division point, crews and locomotives were exchanged. Freight cars were switched from track to track, organizing them for delivery to their destinations. Support services included the 30-stall roundhouse, the coaling tower, facilities for ash removal, track maintenance, car repair, a control tower, the yard office, an ice house, and the bunkhouse-restaurant.
With the failure of the Pennsylvania Railroad (which had taken over operations of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1962) in the mid-60s, the division yard's purpose was largely unneeded. By the next decade, all that remained in use at the yard was the mainline travelling through the town. Today only a few crumbling structures, some old track, and a couple of rusted boxcars remain.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 37.8 square miles (97.9 km²), of which, 37.8 square miles (97.8 km²) is land and 0.0 square mile (0.1 km²) (0.08%) is water.
The Erie Canal, a part called the Wide Waters, briefly passes through the northeast corner of the town, and the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) passes through center of the town. New York State Route 96 is a major highway that parallels the Thruway and intersects New York State Route 21 in Manchester village.
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