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Flattening paper in the Climax plant in Carthage

Workers at the Climax plant in Carthage

Granite rolls flattened paper and made it a uniform thickness. Workers are pictured inside the Climax.  Circa 1940-1950. Carthage, NY. From the Climax archives, scanned by Lynn Thornton for the Four Rivers Historical Society.

Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about the history of Carthage’s working class.

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