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==Piermont Pier Imminent Collapse== In November 2024 the concrete end of the historical Piermont Pier was closed off as it was deemed to be structurally deficient and at risk of imminent collapse. Mayor Bruce Tucker noted "We are going to need some major money here...if anyone has any money, we'd love to talk to them."<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/piermont-piers-final-section-closed-174329746.html Piermont Pier's final section closed amid risk of collapse] Lohud, November 29, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024</ref> ===Piermont Station=== [[File:Piermont Train Station on the Old Erie Path.jpg|300px|left|Piermont Train Station]] The Piermont Branch was not the only Erie rail line that served the village. [[Piermont (Erie Railroad station)|Piermont Railroad Station]], located on Ash Street, is a Victorian [[Stick style]] structure built in 1873 which served as Piermont's stop for the former [[Erie Railroad]] [[Northern Branch]] north–south line, which went from [[Nyack, New York]], to [[Jersey City, New Jersey]]. Service on the Northern Branch stopped running through Piermont in 1966. The branch was abandoned in the 1970s as a result of railroad consolidation. The exterior of the building was renovated to its original architecture and French gray, light-green and oxide-red color scheme in 2006 by the [http://www.piermonthistoricalsociety.org/ Piermont Historical Society]. They replaced the roof and installed a new {{convert|9|ft|m|adj=on}} cupola. The train station was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006. ===Piermont Fire Department=== Piermont Fire Department, Rockland County department 13, is an all-[[volunteer fire department]], providing fire, EMS, and water rescue services, and is located on Main Street. Piermont is one of the few districts in Rockland County having a [[Diver rescue|Dive Rescue]] team, providing water rescue services from the Tappan Zee Bridge to the Palisades. ===Piermont hand-cranked drawbridge=== The Piermont hand-cranked [[drawbridge]], also known as the [[Sparkill Creek Drawbridge]], was originally built in 1880 by the [[King Bridge Company|King Iron Bridge Company]], a company from [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], that constructed more than 10,000 bridges over six decades. The hand-cranked drawbridge is used as a [[pedestrian]] walkway providing a link to [[Tallman Mountain State Park]]. This bridge is the only hand-cranked drawbridge in Rockland County and perhaps in the United States. Back in the day, fishermen on [[sloop]]s heading up and down the creek got out of their vessel, cranked up the drawbridge, sailed across, got out of their vessel and cranked down the drawbridge for vehicular traffic. The whole bridge was dismantled piece by piece, sent off-site for restoration and restored to its original state after a complete [[forensic analysis]]. Allan King Sloan, the great-great-grandson of the company's founder, provided some of the information that is on the historical marker nearby and attended the dedication ceremony on August 7, 2009. {| |- style="vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Sparkill Creek Drawbridge, Spanning Sparkill Creek at Bridge Street, Piermont (Rockland County, New York).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Sparkill Creek Drawbridge]] (1994)]] | [[File:Sparkill Creek Drawbridge - Plaque.JPG|thumb|300px|Historical Marker 2009]] | [[File:Piermont Drawbridge.JPG|thumb|300px|Renovated Drawbridge (2012)]] |}
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