Cataract Brewery (Hinckel)

Albany's first major German lager brewery, beside the Beaver Kill's Buttermilk Falls. 20,157 bbl sold in 1877; 35,000 bbl and 75 workers in 1886. The 1892 Sanborn shows brewhouse, multi-story cold storage, underground cellar, refrigerating machine and an employees' saloon. By 1934 the buildings held an ice plant and a 700-car garage.