Over the old log chute at the Grasse Paper Company Mill steam engine powered log booms are positioned to lift materials for the wall into place. The “chute” may have been an old power tube. Circa 1905. Pyrites, NY.
Men work together using pikes to break up a log jam on the Grasse River. Circa 1910s. Pyrites, NY.
This large load of pulpwood, pulled by a team of horses, includes the teamster on top of the load, as well as two other workers and two professional men on ground beside the wagon. This was a posed photograph. Note the special decorative harness on the horses. Circa 1890s. Canton, NY.
Logger is seated on log load in front of a cleared, stumpy hillside. Circa 1900-1910. Canton, NY.
Loggers with peaveys atop logs piled at head of skid way, which is where logs brought out of the woods were aggregated. Note the two logs placed underneath the log pile, used to keep harvested logs from freezing to the ground during the wait for transport loading. Circa 1900-1915. Canton, NY.
Men with load of logs on bobsled. Circa 1900-1915. Canton, NY.
Three men stand atop a bobsled of logs, drawn by two horses. Circa 1900-1915. Canton, NY.
Four loggers roll logs onto a bobsled during winter. Circa 1900-1915. Canton, NY.
Above the dam on the Grasse River where the DeGrasse Paper Company, informally known as the Pyrites Paper Plant, sorted all the logs for the paper-making process. Circa 1900-1910. Pyrites, NY.
A winch is used to lower a boat onto the Black River. The winch is on the railroad car which delivered the boat. The train stopped on the bridge in order to unload the boat. The boat was used to help corral wood being floated down the river to mills. Circa 1930. From the Bill […]
