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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  with 
  four 
  rag 
  machines 
  and 
  an 
  84-inch 
  Fourdrinier 
  machine. 
  

   This 
  mill 
  made 
  newspaper 
  only 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  three 
  tons 
  

   per 
  day. 
  From 
  these 
  small 
  beginnings 
  have 
  grown 
  up 
  the 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  paper 
  industries 
  of 
  Black 
  river. 
  

  

  As 
  already 
  stated, 
  the 
  first 
  manufacturing 
  industry 
  in 
  the 
  

   village 
  of 
  Watertown 
  was 
  the 
  primitive 
  gristmill 
  built 
  by 
  

   Jonathan 
  Cowan 
  in 
  1802. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  forerunner 
  of 
  extensive 
  

   flouring 
  mills 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  later 
  on. 
  The 
  Bailey 
  & 
  Clark 
  and 
  

   Coffeen 
  mills, 
  of 
  small 
  capacity, 
  were 
  both 
  built 
  at 
  some 
  date 
  

   previous 
  to 
  1812, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  1835 
  that 
  Joseph 
  Sheldon 
  

   and 
  Philo 
  C. 
  Moulton 
  built 
  the 
  Union 
  mills, 
  with 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  

   200 
  barrels 
  of 
  flour 
  per 
  day. 
  The 
  Excelsior 
  flour 
  mills 
  were 
  

   erected 
  by 
  Moulton 
  & 
  Simons 
  in 
  1845. 
  This 
  mill 
  is 
  now 
  operated 
  

   by 
  the 
  A. 
  H. 
  Herrick 
  & 
  Son 
  Company, 
  incorporated 
  in 
  1895 
  with 
  

   a 
  capital 
  of 
  |50,000 
  by 
  A. 
  H. 
  and 
  E. 
  W. 
  Herrick 
  and 
  George 
  G. 
  

   Lee. 
  This 
  mill 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  100 
  barrels 
  of 
  wheat 
  flour 
  and 
  

   100 
  barrels 
  of 
  buckwheat 
  per 
  day. 
  The 
  Jefferson 
  flour 
  mills 
  were 
  

   erected 
  in 
  1855 
  and 
  operated 
  until 
  about 
  1880, 
  when 
  the 
  prop- 
  

   erty 
  was 
  sold 
  to 
  Knowlton 
  Brothers 
  and 
  converted 
  into 
  a 
  pulp 
  

   mill. 
  The 
  Crescent 
  flour 
  mills 
  were 
  built 
  by 
  Fuller, 
  Isdell 
  & 
  

   Willard 
  in 
  1870 
  and 
  succeeded 
  the 
  old 
  Phoenix 
  mill 
  of 
  earlier 
  

   years, 
  which 
  was 
  carried 
  away 
  by 
  the 
  flood 
  of 
  1869. 
  Crescent 
  

   mill 
  now 
  has 
  19 
  stands 
  of 
  rolls, 
  a 
  daily 
  capacity 
  of 
  200 
  barrels 
  

   of 
  flour. 
  The 
  Electric 
  mill, 
  built 
  in 
  1895, 
  is 
  operated 
  by 
  electrical 
  

   power 
  derived 
  from 
  wheels 
  of 
  Taggart 
  Brothers 
  Company. 
  It 
  is 
  

   used 
  exclusively 
  for 
  grinding 
  feed, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  250 
  

   barrels 
  per 
  day. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  Watertown 
  several 
  tanneries 
  were 
  operated, 
  

   the 
  first 
  industry 
  of 
  this 
  character 
  having 
  been 
  established 
  in 
  

   1808, 
  in 
  which 
  year 
  C. 
  McKnight 
  set 
  up 
  a 
  saddle 
  and 
  harness 
  

   business 
  and 
  prepared 
  and 
  tanned 
  his 
  own 
  leather. 
  Jason 
  Fair- 
  

   banks 
  established 
  an 
  extensive 
  tannery 
  in 
  1823, 
  although 
  he 
  had 
  

   done 
  tanning 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  scale 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  previous 
  thereto. 
  

   Holt 
  & 
  Beecher 
  established 
  a 
  tannery 
  *at 
  some 
  date 
  previous 
  to 
  

   1830, 
  which 
  remained 
  in 
  operation 
  until 
  carried 
  away 
  by 
  the 
  

   flood 
  of 
  1856. 
  Several 
  other 
  tanneries 
  were 
  started 
  at 
  different 
  

  

  