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Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
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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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Photographs
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Dam Construction at Ashantee
Description
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Two photographs taken by Martha Blow Wadsworth (wife of Herbert Wadsworth) show the building of a dam to power a mill at Ashantee, roughly where Littleville Road crosses Conesus Creek. The captions read: "Upper side of dam at Ashantee in process of building 1904," and "Lower side of dam--unfinished."
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Wadsworth, Martha Blow (1864-1934)
Date
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1904
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Martha Blow Wadsworth Image Collection
Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo
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jpeg, 486 KB
jpeg, 652 KB
Ashantee
Conesus Creek
mills
Wadsworth, Herbert
Wadsworth, Martha Blow
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Digital photograph
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Photograph of Emmeline Austin Wadsworth Fountain, Geneseo NY
Description
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Popularly known as the "Bronze Bear" fountain, this Main Street landmark was commissioned by Herbert and William Austin Wadsworth in memory of their mother. It was designed by Richard Morris Hunt; provenance of the bronze sculpture is less clear. The fountain was installed in 1888 and over the years suffered from neglect and vandalism. Beginning in 2008, the Association for the Preservation of Geneseo undertook a restoration of the fountain to its original state.
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Walters, Keith
Date
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2014
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
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Photo courtesy of Keith Walters
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jpeg, 1.7 MB
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Digital photograph
Bronze Bear
Geneseo
Wadsworth, Herbert
Wadsworth, William A.
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