North Country At Work

Interior of a paper mill. Two men put finishing installation of the tissue paper machine. November 15, 1978. Carthage, NY.

Niagara Mohawk worker inside the steel “snail shell” that directs water against turbine blades, also known as a penstock. South Colton hydro-electric plant on the Raquette River, now owned by Brookfield Power. Photo taken by Niagara Mohawk News circa 1953. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society

Carpenters constructing the form for a draft tube, which carries exhaust flow from the main turbine, at the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1950s. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society

South Colton Station, one of the hydro-electric plants in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1954. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society

Meryl Morris (resident engineer) and Alan Willard (assistant resident engineer) look at blueprints during final stage of construction on South Colton Hydro-Electric Plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1954. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society

Using an air compressor on the site of the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1953. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society, photo credit to Niagara Mohawk News.

Surge tank foundation and riser at the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1954. South Colton N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.

Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.

Carpenters constructing the form for a draft tube, which carries exhaust flow from the main turbine, at the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1950s. South Colton, N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.

Construction at the Rainbow Falls hydro-electric generating station (completed in 1956), the third plant in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Rainbow Falls had the largest dam. Its reservoir covered 700 acres and had the capacity for 700 million cubic feet of water. Circa early 1950s.  Town of Clare. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk […]