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Orchard Park
Erie County,
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The Town that Friends Built
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14127
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The population of Orchard Park is approximately 3,280 (1990).
The approximate number of families is 1,408 (1990).
The amount of land area in Orchard Park is 3.478 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.106 sq kilometers.
The distance from Orchard Park to Washington DC is 282 miles. The distance to the New York state capital is 262 miles. (as the crow flies)
Orchard Park is positioned 42.76 degrees north of the equator and 78.74 degrees west of the prime meridian.
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Orchard Park attractions: Pedaling History Bicycle Museum
Orchard Park, NY is home of the Pedaling History Bicycle Museum, the largest antique bicycle and bicycling memorabilia museum in the enetire WORLD. There you can see and touch some of the world's first bicycles, learn the fascinating history of the bicycle and how it literally changed the world for women, for commuters, for cities, for roads, maps, and countless other facts of life. It is a history of entrepreneurs whose inventions literally paved the way for the inventions of the automobile, motorcycle, and airplanes. Did you know that Henry Ford started his mechanical career as a bicycle mechanic? Or that the first cars and airplanes were made out of bicycle parts? Or that Susan B. Anthony said that the bicycle was the single most valuable invention for advancement of the liberation of women? Or that World War II relied on bicycles to get paratroopers quickly out of the line of fire after landing in both Europe and in the Far Eastern battle zones? These can all be seen and discovered at Pedaling History, the Burgwardt Bicycle Museum in Orchard Park, NY. Group tours available. Open most days in Summer and reduced schedule in Winter. Call 716-662-3853 for more information or directions or see the website. Near Niagara Falls and Buffalo, New York, at:
3943 North Buffalo Road
Orchard Park, NY 14127-1841
Phone: (716) 662-3853
Email: bicyclemus@aol.com
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