North Country At Work

Man operates a winch for the Republic Steel Company. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Cappy Weatherwax checking equipment readings inside Republic Steel Company power plant. Circa 1940s. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Men working steam drills in the winter along North Creek to Sanford Lake railroad connection. 1945. Adirondacks, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Building main street in Keeseville. A steam roller compresses road bed as workers look on. Photography by George W. Baldwin. 1910. Keeseville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Miner drilling in mine No. 4 of St. Joe Minerals. 1982. Balmat, NY.

Loader in the No. 4 mine of St. Joe Minerals. 1982. Balmat, NY.

Miners Edgar Morey and Clarence Reed with a steam drill at the 13th Lake Mine. Circa 1900. North River, NY.

Workers at the Ruby Mountain garnet mine. The building behind them is the boiler room. Circa 1900. North River, NY.

Mr. Hooper stands in front of the steam shovel at Hooper’s Mine, an open pit garnet mine. Circa 1930. North River, NY.

The big gas engine in the powerhouse at the Salisbury Steel & Iron Company mine. Circa 1905. Salisbury Center, NY.