North Country At Work

Exterior of the Fifth Lake water powered saw mill. Logs float in mill pond before being winched up the ramp into the sawmill. Note the barrels on the roof ridge. Circa 1890-1900. Inlet, NY.

Borden’s milk plant featuring two large ice houses (the two large buildings to the right) to store ice to keep milk cold. Circa 1900-1910. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Borden’s milk plant featuring two large ice houses (the two large buildings to the right) to store ice to keep milk cold. Circa 1900-1910. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Moving ore in ore cars, deep within the 600 foot mine of the Carbola Chemical Company Mine and Plant, which was located in the village of Natural Bridge in the Town of Diana, Lewis County. Mining of talc occurred at this site from 1900 to the 1970s, under management of the St. Lawrence Talc Company, […]

Miner operating ore loader within the 600 foot mine of the Carbola Chemical Company Mine and Plant, which was located in the village of Natural Bridge in the Town of Diana, Lewis County. Mining of talc occurred at this site from 1900 to the 1970s, under management of the St. Lawrence Talc Company, Carbola Chemical […]

Miner operating an ore loader within the 600 foot mine of the Carbola Chemical Company Mine and Plant, which was located in the village of Natural Bridge in the Town of Diana, Lewis County. Mining of talc occurred at this site from 1900 to the 1970s, under management of the St. Lawrence Talc Company, Carbola […]

Aerial view of the Carbola Plant, showing the talc mill and other buildings. The Carbola Chemical Company Mine and Plant was located in the village of Natural Bridge in the Town of Diana, Lewis County. Mining of talc occurred at this site from 1900 to the 1970s, under management of the St. Lawrence Talc Company, […]

Aerial view of the Jones & Laughlin Ore Company in Benson Mines, NY. Circa 1950s. Near Star Lake, NY. By photographer Dwight Church of Canton, NY. Circa 1950.

Exterior shot of the International Paper Company in Harrisville, NY. Note the four tall smokestacks (which were connected to four steam engines in the brick boiler room) and the booms used to hold logs that had been floated down the river. Making walls in this manner was called “cribbing.” 1901. Harrisville, NY.

Unidentified man and woman  outside the Grimm Cheese Factory in Harrisville. On right is a winch which was  used to lift fifty gallon milk cans up.  Round pressing boards, used for pressing wheels of cheese, are scattered around the yard. Cheesecloth was hung out to dry (doorway of building). Circa 1890-1900. Harrisville, NY.