Editing Cohoes, New York (section)

===Industrial age===
In 1811 the Cohoes Manufacturing Company, owned entirely by men from Lansingburg, was incorporated and began a factory for making screws. This was the first large industry in Cohoes to use the power of the Mohawk River and Cohoes Falls.<ref name=phelancarroll/>

In 1831, a new Cohoes Company constructed a [[dam]] on the Mohawk River above the city's waterfall in order to better regulate water flow for industrial use. It was soon swept away by ice at the break-up in spring, and a new dam was built the following year. Two canals extended from the dam to provide water power for industry.<ref name=Masten/> Ironworks were the first main industry in Cohoes, as it was in Troy, [[Menands, New York|Menands]], and West Troy. Daniel Simmons' Simmons Axe Company was famous throughout the United States, and the Cohoes Iron Foundry was a large business enterprise in the 1830s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trade catalogs from Cohoes Iron Foundry and Machine Co.|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/SILNMAHTL_11985|access-date=2020-06-05|website=National Museum of American History|language=en}}</ref>