High Falls Ecoloop and Historic District
Welcome to the High Falls Historic District. Download the free Tour Blend iPhone app or the free Tour Blend Android app and enjoy an audio-guided walking or biking tour around Greentopia’s High Falls Ecoloop. You can also enjoy two other High Falls tours, and over 25 additional tours around Rochester, NY.
On the Ecoloop tour, you’ll explore the sites of Rochester’s early industrial development, while hearing about recycling in Rochester more than a hundred years ago and the importance of biodiversity and pollinators today. You’ll also view High Falls from two different bridges, and the plans for a creating a New York State Park in the gorge below High Falls.
If you prefer not to install an app, you can explore the High Falls Ecoloop tour in your web browser.
You can also explore the High Falls area using two other tours, the High Falls Historic District tour or the High Falls Loop tour.
High Falls Historic District Tour
Long before the world was powered by electricity, or even steam, pioneers here in Rochester used the power of waterfalls to run more than 20 mills, while their factories created a wide range of products. This tour guides you to 24 locations around Brown’s Race, which is now a National Register Historic District as well as a City Preservation District.
Take a guided audio tour along and above High Falls, which powered the early development of Rochester. Explore the site of Rochester’s early industrial development, where races diverted water from above the falls and turned waterwheels that were used to feed flour mills. Hear about the final jump of Sam Patch, the first person to successfully jump Niagara Falls. You’ll enjoy spectacular views of the falls from the newly renovated pedestrian bridge which spans the Genesee River. You’ll also see High Falls and the Genesee River Gorge from a viewing platform, and from two other locations above the falls.
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