Men being lowered into the mine in a skip, which was like 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. The Lyon Mountain mine was owned […]
Moving crashed Sysco truck using a John Deere tractor on Tupper Lake Road. 2000s. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Moving the Adirondack Museum’s railroad car on the Long Lake bridge. Howard Seaman in his TDG bulldozer pulls the car across. Circa 1950s. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Sagamore Hotel being destroyed. Circa 1959. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
1934 Waco Cabin Seaplane transporting a deer on its floats. Circa 1957. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Man on top of a wooden snow plow. Circa 1924. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Two employees operating paper roll machinery inside the Newton Falls Paper Mill. Circa 1940s or 1950s. Newton Falls. Photo courtesy of the Town of Clifton Museum, from the Ernie Bognar Collection, as furnished through the courtesy of Randy Clark. Wayne Morrow started working at the Newton Falls paper Company in 1936 and retired in 1978. […]
Hauling logs with a Ford tractor at the Paddock farm. August 1952. Hammond, NY.
Pressing hay at the Alex Wilson farm. Standing at the press on the platform is Milo G. King. Standing on ground, left to right, are Alex Wilson (with fork), Lewis King at scales, Gene Catlin, and Earl Wilson. Man on top of the press is unknown. The hay press was owned by Fred Rebscher of […]
The homestead of Scottish settler Peter Allen. An early wooden towered windmill is on the left. Wind power was used to pump water. Circa 1880-1890 Hammond, NY.
