On-line Walking Tour/ The High Falls Brewing Company

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The High Falls Brewing Company, initially established in 1878 as the Genesee Brewing Company, is located along the east bank of the gorge. The company stopped manufacture during prohibition but was reorganized by a former brewmaster, Louis A. Wehle, in 1933. Several former breweries are now part of the Genesee complex.

As you retrace your steps and leave the bridge, notice how the backs of the buildings were built onto the gorge walls, where tailraces cut in the rock are also evident. During the milling years, water came from Browns Race, and went through the buildings, powering the waterwheels and turbines of the area's factories and mills.