Editing Augusta, New York (section)

===Commerce===

James Cassety built a [[saw mill]] in 1794 and the first [[grist-mill]] in 1796, which was destroyed by flooding around 1807.  A second mill was built by David Currie and had an adjacent [[saw-mill]], both powered by the water of [[Oriskany Creek]]. A [[tannery]] and [[currier]] was built by Aaron Burley in 1816.  The building was subsequently used as a grist-mill, distillery, and later a wool factory. A hotel was built around 1836 by John Stebbins.  A [[foundry]] and [[machine-shop]] was built in 1853 that manufactured various machines and implements. A later grist-mill was built by Martin Miller in 1861–62. A yarn factory was built in 1865.

A [[plank road]] was constructed through Oriskany Falls connecting Deansville (now [[Deansboro, New York|Deansboro]]) and [[Hamilton, New York|Hamilton]] in June 1848 by the Hamilton and Deansville Plank Road Company.  It was abandoned in 1874.<ref name="Wager"/>

A plank road was constructed through Augusta connecting [[Rome, New York|Rome]] and [[Madison, New York|Madison]] by the Rome and Madison Plank Road Company in April 1850.<ref name="Durant"/><ref name="Wager"/>

The [[Chenango Canal]], connecting the [[Erie Canal]] in [[Utica, New York|Utica]] with the [[Susquehanna River]] at [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]] was constructed from July 1834 to October 1836 and passed through a corner of Augusta.  It was an important means of transporting [[coal]] from [[Pennsylvania]] but ceased operation in 1878 and was abandoned after rail transport became dominate.<ref name="Wager"/>

The railroad reached Augusta in the late 1860s with the construction of the [[Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Railroad]] with a station in the [[Oriskany Falls]], a village in southeast Augusta, on the line from Utica to the [[New York, Ontario and Western Railway]].<ref name="Wager"/>

The economy of the town was largely based upon agriculture, the small industry centered around the village of Oriskany Falls, and the quarrying of lime and limestone which was in abundant supply and exported around the country.<ref name="Pomroy"/>