North Country At Work

The No. 9 log train actively loading logs with a steam hoist. 1909. Wanakena, NY.

Floyd Denesha poses inside the De Kalb Cheese factory. Whey pumps and cheese vats can be seen in foreground. Against the back wall is the press for forming wheels of cheese. 1940. Town of De Kalb, NY.

Jane Garvey using a machine to post daily transactions to the General Ledger. Caption written by donor Jacqueline Hallock. 1972. Willsboro, NY.

An exterior shot of Bissell’s Mill, featuring the mill pond, stacked lumber, a wagon, and elevator which took bark and slab waste to an incinerator on the right. Written on the photo is: THE NEW SAW MILL AT CRANBERRY LAKE. Mill erected in 1908.  Cranberry Lake, NY.

Man leads a team of horses pulling a bobsled of cut logs. Winter. March of 1932. On Emporium Forestry Company land in Brandy Brook in the Edgar Tract, Cranberry Lake, NY.

A man operates the ‘Marion’ steam shovel, owned by the Emporium Forestry Company. Circa 1916.  Cranberry Lake, NY. Donated by W.C. Sykes.

Emporium Forestry Company Linn #4 equipped with half tracks and skis taking logs to the railroad. 1930. Brandy Brook area, Cranberry Lake, NY.

Emporium Forestry Company Barnhart loader lifting a locomotive out of Silver Pond. 1930. Cranberry Lake, NY.

DeCosse’s logging camp up at Brandy Brook in winter. A group of loggers moving logs onto a truck. Circa 1920. Cranberry Lake, NY.

Five men pose with a Barnhart Loader moving logs on the edge of Cranberry Lake at Chair Rock Bay. Circa 1910. Cranberry Lake, NY.