Lindsley's First Sawmill

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Up and Down Saw was probably the type used by the Lindsley Family in 1790.
 
 
 
Falls on Watson Creek- Lindley, N.Y.
Believed to be the site of Col. Lindlsey's Sawmill 1790

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