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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.
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<a href="https://arcg.is/1fTHCb0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://arcg.is/1fTHCb0</a>
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GIS Map of Dansville-Area Mills
Description
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<div><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">This GIS map was created to support the <a href="https://geneseo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=0233b12694a346109a2a0f46f84a3858" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dansville Ever-Green map</a>, itself an experiment to recover historical knowledge for the purposes of envisioning a bioregional economy & culture. Its premise is to draw a 50-mile radius around the town of Dansville, NY and make visible under-appreciated resources. In this case, the interest concerns small-scale hydropower used to grind corn and wheat; saw, plane, and turn lumber; process apples into cider; card wool; and so on. A hyperlink to the map can be found below.<br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">The map of Dansville-area mills was created by using county-level maps from the 1850s (and, in one case, the 1860s). A list of the Western New York counties follows, with the surveyor, publisher, and year in parentheses: Allegany (Bechler/Gillette 1856); Genesee (Otley & Rea/Gillett 1854); Livingston (French/Gillette 1858); Monroe (Brown/Gillette 1858); Ontario (Beers/Dawson 1859); Steuben (Levy/Gillette 1857); Wyoming (Brown/Brown 1853); Yates (Beers/Stone & Stewart 1865). It is comprised of more than 600 individual mill sites.</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Mills were identified using map abbreviations of the time, which differentiated among saw mills (“S.M.”), grist mills (“G.M.”), along with spelled-out designations for less common operations. This map does not include steam-saw mills (“S.S.M.”), which used water from creeks to power wood-burning engines—that is, they were not hydropowered mills. The limitations of this procedure are many. Locations sometimes are approximate, due to discrepancies between 19th-century and contemporary maps concerning watercourses. The names of the mills and/or owners sometimes are identified on maps or can be inferred, but usually are not (a question mark indicates a plausible guess). And there are doubtless many milling operations that never made it onto these maps from the 1850s.</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">From a contemporary standpoint an important caveat is that milling operations are not inevitably sustainable, and that many (or most) of the 19th-century mills created water pollution and disrupted stream communities. A sawmill meant that nearby forests were being logged, usually in an unsustainable manner. Still, it is hoped that this information will be of historical interest and, more importantly, to suggest that resources exist for a post-carbon economy in Western New York.</span></div>
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Cooper, Ken
Argentieri, Elizabeth
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OpenValley.org
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2015
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Cooper, Ken
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Hyperlink Item
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Online GIS Map
Dansville, NY
industrialization
Map
Mill
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Still Image
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Postcard
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Physical Culture Hotel, Founded by Bernarr McFadden, Dansville NY
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Curteich Co., Chicago
Lieb's Bookstore and G.C. Murphy Co., Dansville
Date
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1946
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Cooper, Ken
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
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jpeg, 658 KB
jpeg, 336 KB
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Postcard
Description
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A background of weightlifting and wrestling prepared McFadden (1868-1955) for his advocacy of physical fitness--or "physical culture" as it was called at the time. His entrepreneurial talents encompassed exercise equipment, dietary advice and, beginning in 1899, publication of <em>Physical Culture</em> magazine. By the 1920s, McFadden's publishing talents had created a lucrative portfolio: <em>True Detective, True Romances, Dream World, True Ghost Stories, Photoplay, </em>and <em>True Story</em>--this last title reaching nearly two million readers by 1929.<br /><br />With cash in hand, that year he purchased a building formerly known as the Jackson Sanatorium. That site had been renowned since the 1850s as a place of rest and recovery for those suffering nervous breakdowns, treated by Dr. James Caleb Jackson using a program of hydrotherapy (the "water treatment"), vegetarian diet, daily exercise, and spacious rooms with plenty of fresh air. The original building was called "Our Home on the Hill" and was very popular with wealthy, educated clients. After an 1882 fire destroyed the original building, Jackson's son built the structure pictured; by 1914 his fortunes had waned and he declared bankruptcy. McFadden renovated the building and enjoyed great success, initially, before a similar decline in fortunes eventually led to the building's closure in 1971. It remains a popular (and illegal) destination for "ruin porn" visitors.
Bernarr McFadden
Dansville, NY
Jackson Sanatorium
James Caleb Jackson
Our Castle on the Hill
Physical Culture
Post Card
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Promotional brochure
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7 x 10.25 in.
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Title
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Industrial Possibilities of Dansville
Description
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Promotional brochure created by the Industrial Department of the Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad, a short line operation whose existence depended upon manufacturers locating near its facilities. The 32-page document contains information upon local infrastructure, the town itself ("A Good Place to Live"), and the surrounding area.. Included are numerous photographs, and four maps of historical interest.
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Dansville and Mount Morris R.R.
Date
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1924
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Cooper, Ken
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Cover: Jpeg, 1.6 MB
Interior: pdf, 20 MB
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Promotional brochure
Dansville and Mount Morris RR
Dansville, NY
Railroads
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Photograph
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Aerial photograph of Dansville, New York
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An aerial photograph of Dansville, New York, showing Dansville and the surrounding areas.
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United States Geologic Survey
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United States Geologic Survey
Date
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1956-10-29
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Chauvin, Noah
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USGS Earth Explorer dataset for Dansville, NY.
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TIFF, 13,435 KB
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Still Image, Photograph
aerial photograph
black and white
Dansville, NY
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Map in brochure
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8 x 12 in.
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Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad, and Connecting Systems
Description
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Two maps from a railroad promoting local industry makes the case that its short line links to many distant markets.
Creator
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Industrial Department, Dansville and Mount Morris R.R. Company
Date
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1924
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
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Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company, "Industrial Possibilities of Dansville (Dansville, NY, 1924)j
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jpeg, 2.9 MB
Dansville and Mount Morris RR
Dansville, NY
Mount Morris, NY
Railroads
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Still Image
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Brochure illustration
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5.75 x 5.75 in
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Dansville is Within 500 Miles
Description
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Bullseye map for a railroad promotional brochure reads; "Dansville is within 500 miles of 3/4 the population of Canada and 1/2 the population of the United States"
Creator
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Industrial Department, Dansville and Mount Morris R.R.
Date
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1924
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
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Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company, "Industrial Possibilities of Dansville," (Dansville, NY: 1924)
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jpeg, 1.8 MB
Dansville and Mount Morris RR
Dansville, NY
Map