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.