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Old log chute and construction site at the Grasse Paper Company Mill in Pyrites

Old log chute and construction site at the Grasse Paper Company Mill in Pyrites

Over the old log chute at the Grasse Paper Company Mill steam engine powered log booms are positioned to lift materials for the wall into place. The “chute” may have been an old power tube. Circa 1905. Pyrites, NY.

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