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Men empty sap from a gathering tank into storage vats at the Horseshoe Forestry Company in Piercefield

: Men empty sap from a gathering tank into storage vats at the Horseshoe Forestry Company in Piercefield

Men are emptying sap from the gathering tank on a bobsled into vats; sap is then piped into the sugarhouse and directly into the evaporators. Operations of the Horseshoe Forestry Company. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1901. Piercefield, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

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