Press Republican composition room on Clinton Street in downtown Plattsburgh. The newspaper itself was printed in a building across Protection Alley behind their Clinton Street offices. 1910s. Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.
Plattsburgh Steam Laundry located at 19 Clinton Street in Plattsburgh. Workers, mostly female, with machinery. Circa 1920s. Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.
Aluminum Maytag washing machines on sale in front of the Maytag store on Margaret Street in Plattsburgh. People (workers or customers) posing for camera. 1910s. Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.
Grooming the trails at Lapland Lake. Olavi Hirvonen is operating the machine. 2015. Photo taken by Paul Zahray. Lapland Lake Nordic Vacation Center is based in the tiny town of Benson. Paul and Kathy Zahray work together to keep the ski resort they own and operate up and running. Listen to their story here.
Workmen near the Rice Emery Company Tannery and office. The superintendent, Miles E. Darby, is in the front row, sixth from the right. Circa 1880-1890. Griffin, NY. Photo donated by Frank Girard. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office. Garth Fisher worked in tanneries in Johnstown for 15 years. He remembers seeing the colored runoff […]
Mose Garrow loading broken ore into tram cars with Eimco-Finley air shovel at 2113 feet below ground. Lyon Mountain Mine was operated by Republic Steel. Circa late 1940s. Lyon Mountain, NY. Courtesy of Lyon Mountain Mining and Railroad Museum.
Roy Hicks and Joe Pascal in a drill shop. On most levels of the mine were drill shops where drill bits were sharpened as they dulled, and machinery was repaired. Lyon Mountain Mine was owned by Republic Steel. Circa 1940s. Lyon Mountain, NY. Courtesy of Lyon Mountain Mining and Railroad Museum.
Miners creating a “drift”, or horizontal tunnel, underground. In front of the men are two supports holding the ceiling. Lyon Mountain Mines, operated by Chateaugay Ore & Iron Company. Circa 1930s. Lyon Mountain, NY. Courtesy of Lyon Mountain Mining and Railroad Museum.
Man drilling loose ground in mine shaft using an air-pressured drill. Lyon Mountain Mine was owned by Republic Steel. Circa 1940s. Lyon Mountain, NY. Courtesy of Lyon Mountain Mining and Railroad Museum.
The headframe, which raised and lowered the skips into the mine. A skip is similar to an elevator but on a 63 degree incline. There were two skips at the mine, one for people (the “manskip”) and one for ore (called the Chateaugay Iron). The manskip could drop miners off at different levels. Lyon Mountain […]
