Written on photo is: DIGESTER BUILDINGS AND POND – NEWTON FALLS, NY. Pictured are a large smokestack, gondola train cars of the Buffalo and Susquehanna RR, and other mill buildings on right. The building directly behind the RR cars held a digester for breaking down pulp. Circa 1900-1910. Newton Falls, NY. Real Photo Postcard by […]
Seven Benson Mines employees pose on 70 Ton Bucyrus track mounted excavator. The 70 ton Bucyrus excavators were made famous for their use digging the Panama canal. Circa 1904-1910. Benson Mines, NY.
Moving a house in Waddington during the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Four men work on securing the elevated house with ropes. The company and workers are from Gaines and Sherman Inc. of Potsdam, NY. Circa 1950s. Waddington.
Unloading 102 carloads of pulp from ship with a cable crane from the Quebec Province of Canada. Boat is named the Shiercliffe Hall owned by the George Hall Corporation. Circa 1950s. Waddington, NY.
Traction steam engine connected to wagon hauling stone to stone crusher. Another steam engine and wagon on the other side. Circa 1915. Saint Lawrence County.
A traction steam engine and two workers on a newly rolled road. Circa 1915. Saint Lawrence County.
New York Telephone Station interior with three employees. 1949. Canton, NY.
Main Street Blacksmith Shop. Advertises horse shoeing, saw filing by J. Bird, and American Seal paint. Ed Callahan is perhaps owner. Omnibus in background. Circa 1890. Canton, NY.
Interior of the Baxter Foundry, featuring two blacksmiths and lots of tools. Wooden molds for casting are hung on the back wall; the wooden molds were pressed into sand, removed, and metal poured into the imprint. Can see part of the process in action with the man on the right. Circa 1890. Canton, NY.
Interior of the Commercial Advertiser Office, featuring a Whitlock Printing Press on bottom right. Pictured left to right are Leslie Myers (Linotype Operator), Richard B. Eldredge (graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1915), Russell Taylor (graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1917), Walter Scribner (on top), Eldred Wood, Andrew Cheritree, and John Nolan (the foreman). […]
