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Title
A name given to the resource
Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
An account of the resource
Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. <br /><br />Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century.
Text
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Original Format
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Paper handbill, 4.7 x 4 in.
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Advertisement for mills and mill properties for sale in Rochester, N.Y., 1828
Description
An account of the resource
A handbill published by Matthew Brown, Jr. advertising property for sale near the High Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. Among these are a "merchant flouring mill, in good order for business" and a triphammer forge/mill, all located on a canal (mill race) "about sixty rods distant from the Grand Erie Canal." That mill race is called Brown's Race, named after Matthew and his brother Francis who together owned several mill enterprises in Rochester.
Creator
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Brown, Dr. Matthew, Jr. (1766-1851)
Date
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1828-07
Source
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Rochester (N.Y.) Historical Society
Format
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jpeg, 910 KB
Brown Brothers
Milling
mills
Real Estate
Rochester, NY
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Painting
Physical Dimensions
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11.75 x 17.5 in.
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Title
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Cohoes Falls on Mohawk River, New York
Creator
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Smith, John Rubens (1775-1849)
Date
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Unknown
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1974, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12614">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a><br />Via <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">Wikimedia Commons</a>
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jpeg, 951 KB
jpeg, 515 KB
Description
An account of the resource
Watercolor and graphite composition captures the 1,000-ft. wide falls two miles upstream from where Mohawk joins the Hudson River. The name may derive from the Mohawk phrase "a canoe falling"--a wry bit of humor. According to an 1813 description, the "river is seen gliding over a granitic rock, smoothed by its own operations, and bordered with rocky banks, supporting a sterile soil and a stinted growth of pine, hemlock, cedar and other evergreens, till it arrive at the fall, down which it pours at high water, in one sheet of near 70 feet: but at low water, descends, in excavated courses, some in cataracts, and some in oblique or zig-zag precipices, affording a most sublime and picturesque combination of bold force and violence" (Horatio Gates Spafford, <em><a href="https://archive.org/details/gazetteerofstate01spaf/page/170">A Gazetteer of the State of New-York</a>, </em>p. 170).<br /><br />In 1831, the river was dammed for manufacturing purposes and its flow has been regulated since the 1930s, when it was converted for electricity generation.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
electricity
Hudson River
Milling
Mohawk River
Waterfalls
Watershed
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Title
A name given to the resource
Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
An account of the resource
Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. <br /><br />Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Drawing, black and white
Physical Dimensions
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6.87 x 2.21 in.
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Title
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Flour mills along Brown's Race, Rochester, N.Y., in 1880
Format
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jpeg, 399 KB
Type
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Still Image
Description
An account of the resource
Brown's Race, a mill-canal built in 1816 on the west side of the Genesee River near the High Halls in Rochester, N.Y., accommodated many mills, including those depicted in this drawing: Whitney Mills (Ferguson and Lewis), Mill "B" (Moseley and Motley), Frankfort Mills (Smith and Sherman), Irving Mills (Stone and Campbell), Mill "A" ( Moseley and Motley), People's Custom Mill (Mertz and Co.), Shawmut Mill (Whitney and Wilson), and Washington Mill (Hinds and Co.).
Publisher
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Rochester, N.Y.: Rochester Historical Society
Date
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1880?
Source
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Motley, Maude. "The Romance of Milling: With Rochester the Flour City." Centennial History of Rochester, New York. Ed. Edward R. Foreman. Rochester, N.Y.: Rochester Historical Society, 1931. 141-231. Print.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Brown Brothers
Milling
mills
Rochester, NY
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Title
A name given to the resource
Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
An account of the resource
Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. <br /><br />Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Postcard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Genesee Falls, Belmont NY
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 767 KB
jpeg, 557 KB
Description
An account of the resource
Postcard view of waterfall in the town that is seat of government in Allegany County. Originally named Philipsville, its population grew rapidly following construction of an Erie Railroad line--pictured at left--in 1850. As of 1860 there were two sawmills and a flour mill using water power available in the area: in this postcard, the Genesee River, and less than a mile downstream its tributaries Philips Creek and Van Campen Creek.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1910-08-30
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Postcard
Belmont, NY
Erie Railroad
Genesee River
Milling
Watershed
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Text
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Original Format
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Paper ledger, 15 x 12.6 in. folded to 7.5 x 12.6 in.
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Title
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Genesee Valley Canal tolls paid by Wadsworth Mills, Avon, N.Y., November-December 1846
Description
An account of the resource
The first paragraph of this handwritten document written by B. Boorman reads "Sir The totals of last Month (Nov.) which was put on book the beginning of this Month I do not know if you have taken act of Therefore give it below[:]
17 Bus 30 lbs Wheat 7/-
20 Bus Provender 2/6
1 Bus Corn 4/-"
The last paragraph states "The totals of this Month Dec are[:]
12 Bus 30 lbs Wheat 7/-
2 Bus Corn 4/-
1 Bus Buck Wheat 4/-
22 Bus Provender 2/-"
The document also lists December returns from several local farms, including flour and other grain products produced at the mills.
Creator
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Boorman, B.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1846-12-31
Source
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Wadsworth Family Papers, Cabinet 1, Drawer 2
Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo
Format
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jpeg, 1.22 MB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Genesee Valley Canal
Grist
Milling
mills
wadsworth
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Title
A name given to the resource
Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
An account of the resource
Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. <br /><br />Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Photograph, black and white
Physical Dimensions
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9.88 x 7.61 in
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Title
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Grist mill in Mount Morris, N.Y.
Format
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jpeg, 791 KB
Type
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Still Image
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1900
Description
An account of the resource
A photograph, looking east, of people bringing sacks of grain to a large mill in the village of Mount Morris, N.Y., for milling and/or storing. This mill appears to be located on State St., next to the mill race that crosses it there, . A 1902 map indicates that it is the Galbraith Mill, situated approximately where the Humphrey Mill once stood.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Livingston County (N.Y.) Historian's Office
GENESEE VALLEY
Grist
Milling
mills
Mount Morris, NY
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Title
A name given to the resource
Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
An account of the resource
Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. <br /><br />Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century.
Text
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Original Format
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Paper sheet, 15.34 x 12.17 in. folded to 7.67 x 12.17 in.
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Title
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Insurance policy on Wadsworth Flour Mill, 1841-1846
Description
An account of the resource
An original copy of an insurance policy (including receipt) purchased from the Ontario and Livingston Mutual Insurance Company by James Wadsworth of Geneseo, N.Y. on "His Custom Flouring Mill" in Livingston County, N.Y. (probably on Conesus Creek in the town of Avon). Wadsworth paid a $1200 premium for five years of coverage in the amount of $6000. The text of the law incorporating the insurance company and an extract of its by-laws are printed on the interior pages of the folded sheet. The policy is signed by the company's president, Oliver Phelps.
Creator
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Ontario and Livingston Mutual Insurance Company
Date
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1841-10-28
Source
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Wadsworth Family Papers, Cabinet 1, Drawer 2
Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo
Format
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jpeg, 3.21 MB
jpeg, 490 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
GENESEE VALLEY
Grist
Insurance
Milling
mills
wadsworth
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Title
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Caledonia 1892
Description
An account of the resource
This collection of images is based upon <a href="https://openvalley.org/files/original/3ae1204165be3bf753a4d31e568da22a.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an 1892 birds-eye panorama of Caledonia, NY</a> published by Burleigh Litho of Troy, NY. According to John William Reps, Lucien R. Burleigh was responsible—whether as artist or publisher—for some 228 lithographic city views (it is possible, even likely that the Caledonia map was executed by an employee named Christian Fausel). Trained as a civil engineer, economic recession pressed Burleigh into finding other ways of making a living. He began city viewmaking during the 1870s and by the mid-1880s was well established in his profession. His usual practice was to work from an available map, determine the most advantageous viewpoint (for a village like Caledonia, typically 1500 feet above the ground), and making small sketches at the street level. Another important task during a two- or three-week stay was soliciting subscriptions for the panorama: it took perhaps 100 persons, each paying $2.50-3:00 for a map, for the project to break even. <br /><br />The Burleigh map’s legend provides us with a snapshot of Caledonia in 1892, just recovering from a major fire in 1891. It lists railroad stations, churches, the public school, and even Seth Green’s fish hatchery, but a majority of the numbered locations are commercial enterprises—a likely base of customers for purchasing copies of the completed work. Using old newspapers and trade magazines, this collection has gathered advertising from most of the businesses. Its purpose is to populate an interactive map for the “Heraldry” section of the “Clans of Caledonia” exhibit, where we see immigrant affiliations interacting with national and commercial icons—a complex process of so-called “Americanization.”
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Thanks to Tom Tryniski, Fulton History
Still Image
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Original Format
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Print advertisement
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
2 x 3 in.
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Title
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McDonald Bros., Bankers
Description
An account of the resource
Number 22 on the Burleigh map, this location housed a bank chartered by David A. and Simon W. McDonald, the latter also running an insurance business in the same building. David was primarily a miller, who during the 1880s ran the Genesee County Flour Mills in Batavia, NY. Simon, who for a time had worked at Page's Mill in Mumford, NY, concentrated primarily upon banking. Sometime around 1900, McDonald Bros. Bank became First National Band with an expanded board of directors.
Publisher
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Caledonia Advertiser
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1892-01-14
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Caledonia Advertiser, 14 Jan. 1892. Courtesy of Tom Tryniski / Fulton History.
Format
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jpeg, 118 KB
Burleigh Litho Co
Caledonia, NY
David A. McDonald
McDonald Bros. Bank
Milling
Simon W. McDonald
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Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Book illustration
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
4 x 5 in.
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Title
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Millstones Came in Pairs
Description
An account of the resource
This illustration from Eric Sloane's "Vanishing America" shows the sophisticated and aesthetically pleasing designs of hand-crafted millstones
Creator
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Sloane, Eric (1905-1985)
Publisher
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W. Funk
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1955
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Cooper, Ken
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sloane, Eric. "Our Vanishing Landscape." New York: W. Funk, 1955: ??
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg, 14.2 MB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Book illustration
Mill
Milling
mills
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
An account of the resource
Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. <br /><br />Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data
Photograph, black and white
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
4 x 3 in.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Paper Mill Falls, Conesus Creek, town of Avon, N.Y.
Description
An account of the resource
Paper Mill Falls is the site of several early mills, including a grist (or flour) mill owned by the Wadsworth family of Geneseo, N.Y.
Format
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jpeg, 791 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still Image
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Wadsworth, Martha Blow (1864-1934)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1907?
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Martha Blow Wadsworth Image Collection
Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo
GENESEE VALLEY
Grist
Milling
mills
wadsworth
Waterfalls