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Above the ‘sorting gap’ in Pyrites

Above the ‘sorting gap’ in Pyrites

Above the dam on the Grasse River where the DeGrasse Paper Company, informally known as the Pyrites Paper Plant, sorted all the logs for the paper-making process. Circa 1900-1910. Pyrites, NY.

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