From Historical Rutland: an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 9:
Manufacturies
Here also is a printing office, an oil mill. a hat manufactory, a large brewery. and a manufactory of nails. The water is conveyed from the mountains to the town in wooden pipes, laid about two feet under ground. Every material for building. except glass and paint. is made here. The principal timber is pine, maple. hemlock and birch. Pot and pearl ash are made in great abundance.