North Country At Work

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Construction workers building a dam at Rainbow Falls

Construction workers building a damn at Rainbow Falls

Construction at Rainbow Falls by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. Circa early 1950s.  Town of Clare. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.

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