Historic remains in an iron coffin reburied at Vale

Oct 31, 2025

Historic remains were reburied at Vale on October 27, 2025 after being discovered at a construction site on Schenectady's Westover Place.  The remains of a woman were enclosed in a cast iron coffin known as a Fisk Metallic Burial Case and likely dates to the 1850s.  Below is some of the local news coverage of the discovery and reinterment.

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