Workers connect pipes during construction of the Iroquois Pipeline. The line was built to transport natural gas from Canada to downstate New York. The company brought in its own construction companies to do the work. Lots of forest had to be cleared to make room for the pipe line. Summer of 1991. Hermon, NY.
Workers fill bags with earth during construction of the Iroquois Pipeline, and stack the filled bags on a trailer. The Iroquois Pipeline was built to transport natural gas from Canada to downstate New York. The company brought in its own construction companies to do the work. Lots of forest had to be cleared to make room for the […]
Workers fill bags with earth during construction of the Iroquois Pipeline. The line was built to transport natural gas from Canada to downstate New York. The company brought in its own construction companies to do the work. Lots of forest had to be cleared to make room for the pipe line. Summer of 1991. Hermon, NY.
Feeding corn into an ensilage cutter for silage using a wood powered steam engine. The piles of wood to feed the engine are in the foreground and milk cans of water for the engine are on the left. Circa 1900-1910. Hermon, NY.
Workers pose with a steam operated drag saw. A drag saw was an early type of powered saw used to cut firewood. A large iron kettle in the foreground held a water supply for steam engine. Circa 1890-1910. Hermon, NY.
Eric Proulx shows off the inside of a TLPD cruiser, one of two Ford Interceptor SUVs. Each has a radio, computer, lighting equipment and sirens, plus a patrol rifle, shotgun and a radar unit in the front. Gear stored in the back includes a medical bag, road flares, cones, measuring tape and a defibrillator. 2017. […]
Head Coach Bill Tavares in the outdoor, covered section of the USA Luge shop. 2017. Lake Placid, NY. Photo taken by Andy Flynn. For more on how the USA Luge team constructs their sleds, read the full North Country at Work story.
Greg Mose cuts pork shoulder at Walker’s Neighborhood Butcher Shop in Lake Placid so his boss, Dave Walker, can grind it for sausage. 2018. Lake Placid, NY. Photo taken by Andy Flynn. For the full story on Dave Walker’s butcher shop in Lake Placid, read it here.
Demolition of the 1876 D.L. Lynde block of buildings, on the corner of Church and Main Street in downtown Hermon. 1999. Hermon, NY.
Demolition of old barber shop and adjacent building on Church Street in downtown Hermon. 1989. Hermon, NY.
