Early construction workers filling a horse drawn wagon drop wagon with crushed stone. A steam engine powers the stone crusher via a flat belt to make road fill. Features a Case Steam Roller, which the town of Hermon bought for road building. Circa 1910s. Hermon, NY.
Three men work to fill a silo using an ensilage cutter on the W.M. Corey Farm. Circa 1912. Hermon, NY.
Three quarry workers lifting large pieces of Potsdam Sandstone by crane. 1956. Hannawa Falls.
Talc mine workers in the Number 2 ½ mine, which was said to be largest in the world at the time. 1956. Talcville in the Town of Edwards, NY. Check out North Country at Work’s story on the dangers of talc mining.
Employees of the International Lace Mill pose in front of the factory looms, which were used to weave lace. Circa 1910. Gouverneur, NY.
Workers Henry Jones (owner, right front), Davis (2nd from right), Lewis Jones (left). They are standing near blacksmithing tools and equipment. Circa 1907. Richville, NY. Donated by Mr. Judd.
Telephone operator sitting at a desk taking calls for the Colton district inside a large open room filled with phone equipment. Possibly owned by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. A second phone company man is standing across the room near the computers. Circa 1960. Colton, NY. Check out our story on being a telephone operator […]
Men cutting tree trunk using drag saw powered by hit-or-miss engine, (a type of four-stroke internal combustion engine) on the Wallace Farm on Mead Road. Circa 1910-1920. Canton, NY.
Reaping grain using a grain binder on the Wallace farm. Frank Judd is in foreground stooking (upright bundling) oats. Circa 1910s. Canton, NY.
Judd Family loading hay with hay loader at Wallace Farm. One of the men on the wagon is Almeron Judd, the man on the ground is Frank Judd. Circa 1910s. At the Wallace Farm in Canton, NY.
