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In late May, 2017 twelve fermentation tanks bound for the Genesee Brewery passed through Macedon on the Canal. Click images to enlarge. A group of spectators watch the first barges heading west. Three tanks passing Mid-Lakes Marina. https://www.macedonhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Genesee-Brewery-tanks-passing-old-Erie-Lock-60.m4v The first six tanks on two barges arriving from the east. https://www.macedonhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Spectators-awaiting-the-arrival-of-the-tanks-at-Lock-30-in-Macedon.m4v Hundreds of people came out…

In late October, 2015 two transformers arrived in Macedon on the Canal. Click images to enlarge. In late October, 2015 two transformers arrived in Macedon on the Canal. This article from the Times of Wayne County gives all the details. The transformers on the barge after their arrival at Lock 30. The tug Margot pushed…

February 25, 2015This article is contributed by June Hamell, Macedon Town Historian,Linda Braun, Village of Macedon Historian and Sandy Pagano, Presidentof the Macedon Historical Society: It was in August 1849 that Frederick Douglass visited the First Baptist Church of Macedon, NY. His visit was recorded in the book, “First Baptist Church of Macedon, A History…

This article was printed July 4, 1980 for the dedication of the new temperance monument – author unknown. Since 1845, a Temperance Monument has stood in Macedon Center, inscribed, “Total Abstinence 1845”. Macedon Center since has always remained dry but King Alcohol finally got to the rest of the town. In the early 1840’s, a…

Two types of cattail leaves are harvested in Wayne County. One type known as ‘Cooper’s Flag’ is used in the manufacturing of wooden barrels. The other type is ‘Rush’ and it is used for caning chairs. Rush was harvested on the south side of Macedon for many years by Ward Russell. His son, Stephen, still…