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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  in 
  1851. 
  These 
  works 
  employ 
  about 
  225 
  men 
  and 
  manufacture 
  

   high-speed, 
  direct-acting 
  engines, 
  stationary 
  and 
  portable, 
  and 
  

   agricultural 
  engines 
  and 
  boilers 
  of 
  all 
  kinds. 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  Air 
  

   Brake 
  Company, 
  which 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  largest 
  manufacturing 
  

   industry 
  at 
  Watertown, 
  dates 
  back 
  to 
  1861. 
  The 
  foundry 
  of 
  this 
  

   company 
  uses 
  water 
  power 
  from 
  the 
  Black 
  river. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  manufacturing 
  establishments 
  have 
  

   been 
  established 
  at 
  Watertown, 
  taking 
  water 
  power 
  from 
  Black 
  

   river, 
  as 
  for 
  instance 
  the 
  Union 
  Carriage 
  & 
  Gear 
  Company, 
  

   Watertown 
  Brass 
  & 
  Manufacturing 
  Company, 
  Watertown 
  Ther- 
  

   mometer 
  Company, 
  the 
  Elwood 
  Silk 
  Company, 
  Harmon 
  Machine 
  

   Company, 
  the 
  H. 
  H. 
  Babcock 
  Company 
  and 
  others. 
  The 
  H. 
  H. 
  

   Babcock 
  Company 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  carriage 
  manufacturing 
  

   industries 
  of 
  the 
  State; 
  when 
  working 
  at 
  full 
  capacity 
  this 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  employs 
  about 
  175 
  hands. 
  

  

  Beaver 
  River 
  village. 
  A 
  sawmill 
  was 
  built 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  in 
  1806, 
  

   which 
  was 
  carried 
  away 
  by 
  high 
  water 
  and 
  rebuilt 
  the 
  next 
  year. 
  

   A 
  gristmill 
  was 
  erected 
  in 
  1810 
  and 
  another 
  sawmill 
  in 
  1815. 
  In 
  

   1839 
  David 
  Dexter 
  founded 
  an 
  extensive 
  chair 
  factory. 
  Other 
  

   early 
  industries 
  were 
  Poor's 
  chair-stock 
  factory 
  and 
  Wilcox 
  

   coffin 
  and 
  casket 
  works, 
  which 
  have, 
  however, 
  given 
  way 
  to 
  more 
  

   recent 
  enterprises. 
  Various 
  other 
  milling 
  industries 
  have 
  been 
  

   operated 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  at 
  various 
  times. 
  

  

  Felts 
  Mills. 
  A 
  dam 
  was 
  constructed 
  across 
  Black 
  river 
  at 
  this 
  

   place 
  in 
  1821, 
  and 
  in 
  1822 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  old 
  stone 
  mill, 
  

   which 
  still 
  stands, 
  was 
  erected. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  operated 
  for 
  the 
  

   last 
  ten 
  years. 
  Large 
  sawmills 
  were 
  erected 
  by 
  John 
  Felt 
  in 
  1824. 
  

   The 
  Taggart 
  Paper 
  Company, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  only 
  industry 
  

   using 
  water 
  power 
  at 
  Felts 
  Mills, 
  erected 
  its 
  plant 
  in 
  1889. 
  

  

  Great 
  Bend. 
  A 
  dam 
  was 
  constructed 
  across 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  at 
  

   this 
  place 
  in 
  1806 
  and 
  a 
  sawmill 
  built, 
  which 
  was 
  soon 
  carried 
  

   away 
  by 
  high 
  water 
  but 
  at 
  once 
  replaced. 
  Between 
  1815 
  and 
  1821 
  

   the 
  place 
  developed 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  milling 
  enterprises, 
  which 
  are 
  

   not 
  specifically 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  history. 
  The 
  large 
  mill 
  

   of 
  the 
  Taggart 
  Paper 
  Company 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  only 
  water-power 
  

   industry 
  at 
  this 
  place. 
  

  

  