North Country At Work

Building Big Moose Chapel, which is located on Big Moose Lake. Cement mixer on the right. 1929. Town of Webb, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Construction of the Hinckley Reservoir for the Erie Canal. The Hinckley reservoir provides drinking water to the city of Utica. Handwritten on the image: “WHERE THE HIGHWAY CROSSES THE DAM. HINCKLEY. N.Y. NO.3.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. 1910. Hinckley, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Construction of the American Glue Company mill. Putting siding on the building. Note early flatbed truck in the foreground. 1920. Minerva, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

View of American Glue Co. mill under construction. 1920. Minerva, NY. Photo courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Construction of Camp Kee-o-Nek on Long Lake. In background man and woman look at plans. To right a worker constructs the base of a fireplace. 1908. Long Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Building a covered bridge, near downtown Keeseville. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1880. Keeseville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Group portrait of miners at Hooper Mine with shovels, picks, and wheelbarrows. Steam engine in woods in background; pulley with wooden panel at right. Possibly construction of railroad. 1910. North River, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Building main street in Keeseville. A steam roller compresses road bed as workers look on. Photography by George W. Baldwin. 1910. Keeseville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Group of men build a log cabin in the woods. From the High Falls Club Collection. 1911-1927. Wilmurt, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.