The St. Regis Rossing paper-making plant received raw logs and stripped off the bark, and removed pitch from spruce trees to prevent it “gumming” up the paper machinery. Many mills in Carthage and Jefferson County acquired their logs from Adirondack woodlands. The industry provided work for many but also led to over cutting in many […]
Logs were floated downriver from as far as Port Leyden and as near as Castorland to Carthage. Depending on the type and quality of the logs, they were sawn out as lumber or turned into pulp. Carthage ice house can be seen on far left, including the chute through which ice was pulled up and […]
Piles of sawed lumber were stacked in the yards of the Carthage Lumber Company. This facility was located on Front Street. 1899. West Carthage, NY. Meyers Collection. Check out this story from North Country at Work to learn more about the history of West Carthage. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of […]
Lumber frequently came to Carthage from mills in Castorland, Beaver Falls and other points between Carthage and Lyons Falls. Sometimes logs were formed into rafts and pulled by tugs. The rafts were often offloaded at the foot of West Street where there were docks and warehouses. 1941. Carthage, NY. William D. Welsh, artist. Caption info […]
One of Carthage’s first pulp mills, Carthage Sulphite Pulp Company, which drew logs from the Black River floated down from timbering sites. Written on the photo are the names: J.A. Outterson, President., M.S. Wilder, Vice President., Joseph Main, Manager., and L.G. DeCant, Secretary and Treasurer. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY.
Logging on the Griffin Tract. Two heavily loaded bob sleds bring logs out of the woods. 1900-1910. Wanakena, NY.
This is a Real Photo Postcard produced by Henry M. Beach, titled: A Model Lumber Camp in the Adirondacks. It pictures a group of workers posing with teams, snow plows and road sprinklers at a logging camp. Possibly a Rich Lumber Company camp as they owned the forests around Wanakena, NY. Circa 1910. Photographer was […]
Vic McPhee’s bob sled loaded with 5781 board feet of logs in the Adirondacks. This is a Real Photo Postcard produced by Henry M. Beach, titled: ADIRONDACK PINE: A BIG LOAD. 5781 Ft. Circa 1900-1910. Adirondacks. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at […]
A Real Photo Postcard produced by Henry M. Beach, titled: LOADING BIG-PINE ADIRONDACKS; IN THE PINE WOODS OF THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS. Circa 1900-1910. Photographer is Henry M. Beach. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at Work story on him.
Logger atop a mountain of cut logs at the Emporium Lumber Company Mill in Cranberry Lake. He seems to be operating a winch to move the logs. Circa 1920s. Cranberry Lake, NY.
