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St. Regis Paper Company shifter engine near Deferiet

St. Regis Paper Company shifter engine near Deferiet

This 0-60 type shifter engine owned by the St. Regis Paper Company was used to ship out paper from the mill. Circa 1920-1930. Deferiet, NY.

Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.

The town of Deferiet was built to house workers of the St. Regis Paper Company in 1901. When Janet Zando, the current mayor and former historian of Deferiet, was born in 1946, the town was still owned by the company. She says living on the island town was like living in a separate world. Listen to Janet’s story here.

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