Kelley and Moore Tin Shop in Lisbon
Three employees stand inside the Kelley and Moore Tin Shop on Main Street. Metal break and rolling machine as well as other metal working tools are pictured. Circa 1910s. Lisbon, NY.
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Threshing crew with traction steam engine in Lisbon
Threshing crew in front of a steam traction engine. Two wagons full of bundles of grain wait to be pitched into threshing machine on right. Workers hold pitch forks for moving bundles. Some of the crew have neckerchiefs around their necks, used to cover their faces for protection from the dust. Circa 1890-1900. Lisbon, NY.
Interior of a paper mill in Carthage
A look at rows of machinery inside a paper mill. Note bright natural provided through large window at end of corridor and overhead skylights. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY. Listen to Lynn Thornton, the town of Champion historian, explain the steps from cutting logs to making paper here.
Paper mill machine shop in Carthage
Man at work in the machine shop at a paper mill. Circa 1920s. Town of Wilna, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
Inside the “power plant” at Wilna Machine in Carthage
Workers, covered in soot and holding shovels, stand in front of the coal (?)-powered furnaces. These fires heated the forges of Wilna Machine, a machine shop located near the Carthage paper mills. Circa 1890-1900. Carthage, NY.
Workers inside Wilna Machine in Carthage
Workers inside Wilna Machine, a machine shop that made machines for the paper industry around Carthage and West Carthage. Two workers stand in front of machinery used to make more machines. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY.
Early automobile shop in Carthage
Automobile dealership or repair shop in Carthage. Circa 1910-1920. Carthage, NY.
National Paper Products paper mill in Carthage
National Paper Products West End Division, machine number 5. February 1930. Carthage, NY. Town of Wilna archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
National Paper Products factory interior in Carthage
National Paper Products West End Division, machine room number 5, looking southwest, wet end of the process. February 1930. Carthage, NY. Town of Wilna archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
Cutting and rewinding roll in the Climax plant in Carthage
Slitter is cutting and rewinding from a roll. Circa 1940-1950. Carthage, NY. From the Climax archives, scanned by Lynn Thornton for the Four Rivers Historical Society.