Austin Dam - The Power of Water

The sign in the beginning of the video reads as follows:

THE BAYLESS PULP AND PAPER MILL
1900-1944

IN 1900 ON THIS LOT, GEORGE C BAYLESS OF BINGHAMTON, NY, BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE PULP AND PAPER MILL ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR A DAILY CAPACITY OF 50-TON, IN LATER YEARS IT HAD AT TIMES AN OUTPUT OF 70-TON OF PAPER PER DAY. BY 1910 THE MILL HAD A MONTHLY PAYROLL OF $35,000.00 AND AUSTIN'S POPULATION HAD GROWN TO NEARLY 3000, THE MILL SURVIVED THE BREAKING OF THE AUSTIN DAM ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1911 AS WELL AS THE FLOOD OF 1942. HOWEVER, A MAJOR FIRE IN 1944 CAUSED THE MILL TO CLOSE FOREVER. FEW REMAINS ARE LEFT.

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