Tag: machinery

Building a concrete road through Harrisville

Building a concrete road through Harrisville. Pictured are three men working, a cement mixer on some form of track. The men are mixing cement and pouring it into forms as they move along. Circa the early 1930s. Harrisville, NY.

Worker in Cabot Wollastonite quarry in Willsboro

Worker operating machinery in the quarries of the Cabot Wollastonite White Pigments Division plant, owned by the Cabot Carbon Company, picturing smokestacks during winter. Willsboro, New York. Circa 1940s. Photographer is Bernie A. Degnan, Glens Falls.

Wet mill interior of Cabot Wallastonite plant in Willsboro

Attached caption says: National Lead Co. MacIntyer Mines 96 Desiter lat-o-Tables in Wet Mill. Inside the Cabot Wollastonite White Pigments Division plant, owned by the Cabot Carbon Company. Willsboro, New York. Circa 1940s. Photographer is Bernie A. Degnan, Glens Falls.

Operating a shovel loader in Republic Steel mine in Mineville

Caption on photo reads: William Michalak operating an EImco 40 Shovel Loader. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.

Miner using a scraper in Republic Steel mine in Mineville

C: Caption on photo reads: Scraping a raise with an air slusher hoist. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.