North Country At Work

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Moving a barn on wooden rollers in the Town of De Kalb

Moving a barn on wooden rollers in the Town of De Kalb

Moving a barn using wooden rollers, a common way to move post and beam buildings before there were power lines. Circa 1910-1920s. Town of De Kalb, NY.

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