Residents and officials in Castleton-on-Hudson are continuing their battle to create a safe crossing over Amtrak rail lines and develop a new park along the Hudson River.

Castleton-on-Hudson exists because of the river, and the brightest version of its future also depends on water access. Cutting the village off from the Hudson is like denying it sustenance.

Castleton-on-Hudson wants slower train speed to access Hudson River By Kenneth C. Crowe II, Staff Writer Updated Nov 12, 2023 9:44 a.m.

By 1783, the ambitious Lyon had maximized use of the Castleton River waterfalls by building saw and gristmills, a paper mill using a new method of manufacturing paper from pulp and an ironworks.