This photo shows four filter presses used for washing the magaldrate material at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. Magaldrate is the generic name for Riopan, an antacid for relieving heartburn and indigestion that was made at the factory. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo […]
Workers on the packaging line at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1980s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.
Workers on the filling line, where pill bottles would have been filled up, at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1980s. Rouses Point, NY.
Men and women at work on a packaging line at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1980s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.
The exterior of the coal plant that used to be located behind the railroad station on Bridge Street. Workers stand in the yard outside. 1940s or ’50s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Two workers on top of a smokestack at an old coal plant in Plattsburgh, suspended by a machine. 1940s or ’50s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
A worker using machinery to climb a smokestack at an old coal plant. 1940s or ’50s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Workers at a coal plant. The plant was located in the back of the railroad station off of Bridge Street. 1940s or ’50s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
The interior of the Geo Sweetser & Son Shirt Factory, located on 255 State Street. Circa 1928-1933. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.
The interior of the Geo Sweetser & Son Shirt Factory, located on 255 State Street. Circa 1928-1933. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.
