Dam at the paper mill in Harrisville, NY. Men repairing dam, adding boards to pre-existing crib. Pennstock, also known as flume pipe, pictured on left, water diverted through this for hydro-power. Tannery on right and Dam Boarding House on left in background. Taken in 1905. H.L. Locke, photographer. Check out the North Country at Work […]
Building a concrete dam. Note wooden forms. 1910. Great Bend, NY.
Building the short dam over the north channel of the Black River, near where it empties into the Black River Bay of Lake Ontario. Circa 1910. Dexter, NY.
Workers on scaffolding and ladders at construction of hydro-electric plant. Circa early 1950s. Photo: Millard Studio, Watertown. Dexter, NY.
Panorama of power dam construction. Circa 1923. Heuvelton, NY.
Construction of Heuvelton’s hydropower dam. Circa 1923. Heuvelton, NY.
James Mayne and John Griffiths spear fishing on the old Heuvelton dam. Circa 1915. Heuvelton, NY.
Employees of the Ogdensburg City Water department pile sandbags along the Oswegatchie River to keep water from runoff flowing into city pump station, located at side of the dam. Circa 1950. Ogdensburg, NY. Originally in the Ogdensburg Advance Journal.
Men from Niagara Mohawk Power Company inserting cables into Higley’s Floating Islands during the winter of 1942, in preparation for the summer, when the islands would be pushed over the dam. Near Colton, NY. Full story on the floating islands can be found here.
Clearing the Raquette River area in what used to be the hamlet of Hollywood, prior to construction of Carry Falls dam and subsequent flooding of the hamlet. Man in center, squatting, is Gordon K. Watson. He was part owner of Ford & Watson, who cleared the area. Pulp loader (Ford tractor) in background, designed by […]
