Eureka steam launch and a crew of loggers posing on a dock holding logging tools (peaveys, double bitted axes and pikes) at dock equipped with a hand operated crane for loading logs and lumber onto boats. Circa 1890-1900, Herkimer County. Photo printed by Stratton Photo, Utica, NY
Train crew standing next to a Grasse River Railroad locomotive, outfitted with a barn hart loader on the flatcar, used to move logs onto flatcars. Note the man standing on a log being lifted by the loader. Circa 1930s. Cranberry Lake, NY.
A crew of men at Beaver River in the woods. Clearing brush and using a water pump. Circa 1900-1910. Beaver River, NY
The P & M Lumber Camp: log structures, an axe planted into a stump, and two men on the left using a saw. The camp was located seven miles east of Old Forge, near Third Lake Creek. Fred Potter was the contractor. 1917-1919. Town of Webb, NY.
Six rows of lumberjacks posing in front of their logging camp during a drive on the Moose River. Circa 1890-1900. Moose River in the Town of Webb.
Strife logging employees accepting a commendation for supplying wood to the war effort. Circa 1950. Brandreth, NY, in the Town of Webb.
Men piling logs using horses and an early cable hoist in Brandreth in the Town of Webb. Circa 1910.
Stacks of logs owned by Clarence J. Strife’s logging operation in the Carter Railroad Station area in the Town of Webb. Circa 1950s.
Pictured is a man driving a Caterpillar Di6 Bulldozer, a man hunched over a transit, and an approaching GMC truck loaded with logs. Circa 1950s. In the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb.
Two men pose on and next to a Caterpillar D6 Tractor, being used to move snow. Part of Clarence J. Strife’s logging operation. Circa 1950s. In the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb. Click here for a North Country at Work story on Webb’s transformation from logging […]
