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Workers with massive wood conveyor in Au Sable Forks

Men in front of wood conveyor and massive wood pile

Workers stand in front of the J&J Rogers Company wood conveyer, which was 76 feet tall, on the East Branch of the Ausable River. Logs to the left of the conveyor are leftovers from the previous year’s pile. Au Sable Forks, NY. Courtesy of Elsa Voelcker.

Click here to read or listen to our three-part story on the rise and fall of the J&J Rogers Company, one of the biggest industrial users of the Adirondack landscape.

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