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Stranahan, James Samuel Thomas 1808-1898
Benefactor; born in Peterboro, N. Y., April 25, 1808; received a common school education and later studied engineering.
In 1827-28 he visited the lake region of the Northwest with a view of opening trade with the Indians, which he abandoned and engaged in the wool business in Albany.
In 1832 he took charge of a district in Oneida county for the purpose of founding a manufacturing town, and developed the present town of Florence, which he represented in the State Assembly in 1838-40.
He removed to Newark, N. J., in 1840, and engaged in the building of railroads; and to Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1844.
At first he was engaged in the business of railroad contractor, but later began his scheme of developing the water-front of Brooklyn, and succeeded in making the Atlantic basin one of the most perfect and commodious basins in the world.
He was interested in the Union Ferry Company; member of Congress in 1854; of the newly organized Metropolitan