Town highway department operating a steam drill. The stationary engine (left) runs the drill (right). Water had to be constantly pumped into the engine using water barrels. Circa 1900-1910. Town of De Kalb, NY.
An early steam roller being used on Hermon Street in De Kalb Junction. 1915. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photograph by Robert Woodward.
Three workers from the town road crew using a steam drill on school hill. 1910. De Kalb Junction, NY. Photograph by Robert Woodward.
The machine shop and shaft #1 at the Carbola Chemical Company Mine and Plant, which was located in the village of Natural Bridge in the Town of Diana, Lewis County. Mining of talc occurred at this site from 1900 to the 1970s, under management of the St. Lawrence Talc Company, Carbola Chemical Company, and International […]
Auldis LaPlatney, Ken Cring, and Buck Gerow loading logs (using a Bay City cable winch powered by a McCormick Deering motor) onto a truck bed. Winter of 1939. Harrisville, NY. Check out our story on Ross Young, a logger from Harrisville.
Shot inside a lime quarry in Lewisburg, operated by the New York Lime Company. Cables on the ground were used to pull loads of lime collected from blasted limestone. Above the quarry a cable ore gondola was used to lift the lime out of the pit. Between 1906 and 1920. Lewisburg, NY.
Exterior shot of the Lime Quarry and Mill in Lewisburg, operated by the New York Lime Company. Note ladders into quarry. Between 1906 and 1920. Lewisburg in Natural Bridge in NY.
Posed shot of Ingraham’s Mill (a sawmill and lumber operation), pictured are six workers on and around a coal fired steam locomotive, probably used to move things about the yard. In the Town of Diana, NY, between Harrisville and Natural Bridge. Circa 1890-1900.
The Diana Paper Mill building photographed from a distance. The mill is operating–note the smokestacks. The flume (large pipes) carrying water into mill for hydropower are in the foreground. 1915. Harrisville, NY.
The Diana Paper Mill from a distance, picturing the mill in operation and logs piled outside the factory. Written on the photo is: The governor’s establishment. Circa 1900-1910. Harrisville, NY.
