Mill Falls

In the town of Lake Luzerne, New York up in the Andirondack mountains there is a natural outlet of the lake. The flow cascades down a stream to this... more

by Darleen Stry

Title

Mill Falls

Artist

Darleen Stry

Medium

Photograph - High Resoloution Photography

Description

In the town of Lake Luzerne, New York up in the Andirondack mountains there is a natural outlet of the lake. The flow cascades down a stream to this waterfall. Back in the 1800s this waterfall powered the first pulp mill in the Unites States. In order to capture this image with soft water I used several filters to slow down the shutter speed. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did taking it. I had to climb down some slippery rocks and stood almost on the ends of where the waterfall was to gain the shot that included the old steel bridge way in the distance that led the path across the stream to the papermill. If you'd like some more information on the mill iteself here 's some:
In 1869 Felix Fruitzner and Fred Roider were brought to Luzerne from Curtisville, Massachusetts, to operate the first pulp mill in the United States using American-made machinery. The mill was built on the outlet of Lake Luzerne by a German named Albrecht Pagenstecher. It still stands with some of the original machinery, and was opened as a public museum on July 4, 1962, with George Roider, as caretaker.

The mill had an output of a carload of pulp a day and employed about ten men. Nearby was located an iron ore smelter that processed ore from a mine on Mt. Anthony in Hadley. both of these sites, together with those of a gristmill and sawmill, are now included in the town-owned Pagenstecher Park. The deed to the gristmill included control of the outlet of Lake Luzerne.

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July 7th, 2015