Forks is a
hamlet
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in the town of
Cheektowaga
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in
Erie County,
New York
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. surrounded by George Urban Blvd, Dick Rd, Union Rd and
Broadway St.
Forks is the site of what was once one of the largest
coal trestle
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s in the United States, over half a mile long, which was built in the 1880s and burned in the 1920s.
The Forks Hotel on Broadway St. was built in 1853 along the new
Attica & Buffalo Railroad. The building served variously as a hotel, railroad station, post office and bar. In 1958 it was purchased by local
magician Eddie Fechter, who operated it as a venue for magic shows. Fechter died in the late 1970s, and the hotel was sold, but continued to hold magic shows. The building was damaged by fire in 1998 and demolished in 2003.
References
Hamlets in New York (state)
Hamlets in Erie County, New York
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