Flour mills at Brown’s Race around 1880.

Flour mills at Brown's Race around 1880.

Flour mills lined up along the edge of the Genesee River gorge, from left: Whitney Mills, Moseley & Motley Mill “B,” Frankfort Mills, Irving Mills, Moseley & Motley Mill “A,” People’s Custom Mill, Shawmut Mills, and Washington Mills. The gap to the right of the Washington Mills dates the scene sometime after the destruction of the Jefferson and Clinton mills in 1887. (Rochester Historical Society)

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