Countdown to the Millennium - 1993
From the Gowanda PennySaver - Dec. 6, 1999
The end of an era - In December 1993, Moench Tanning Company is razed, signaling the end of Gowanda's industrial age. The Brown Shoe Company, owners of the complex, had announced in 1992 the intended closing of the plant due to foreign imports. (Photo courtesy of Phil Palen) Industrial row - These row houses, identical in nature, once provided workers and their families a place to live in close proximity to the tannery during Gowanda's industrial age. (Photo courtesy Phil Palen)
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