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Skyway Drive-in
Status: Demolished
Location: 7985 Ridge Road, Wallington, NY 14551
Screens: 1
Capacity: 400
Original owner: George Mason
Opening date: July 16, 1947
Final season: 1975
What's there now: Overgrown empty lot, all buildings have been demolished.

This page was last updated on December 30, 2009.

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Topo Map from 1995, courtesy of TerraServer USA. Aerial imag efrom 1954, courtesy of the Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District. Aerial image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth. Aerial close-up image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth.
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Grand opening article from the Sodus Record on July 10, 1947. Grand opening ad from the Sodus Record on July 10, 1947.    

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;-)Took my wife to this old drive-in for our first date and went there many times as a kid. Too bad the screen tower was torn down as it could have been reopened with a little work. It is sad to see an empty lot where we had seen so many bad movies and so many good times!
#1 - John Allard - 09/05/2010 - 13:09
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