ceiling lights & chandeliers
around pittsford
winding north through pittsford otter creek has powered the lumber grain and marble mills essential to this region since 1770 . chittenden lies east of pittsford on the west flank of the green mountains where iron and manganese deposits supplied pittsfords iron industry . to the south pittsford and proctor share deep marble formations that support the economies of both towns . the first settlers were farmers drawn to the valleys fertile soil and mountain forests . they were joined by lumber barons lawyers merchants and artists . european and french canadian immigrants soon followed and farmed built the railroad or quarried and carved marble . closely linked by the industries that helped build them these communities have evolved into todays thriving hometowns of workers in rutland .