North Country At Work

S.S. Steel Motor on Sept 7, 1935, loading aluminum ingot in Ogdensburg, NY for the Maytag Co. in Newton, Iowa.

Will Wood is the diver in the full diving suit, May 6th 1898. He was possibly diving to inspect a loose pontoon of the USS Gresham following an accident that was recorded as delaying the USS Gresham for a number of days. Two blurry men are operating the machine to pump air into Will Wood’s […]

Ogdensburg’s urban renewal in progress on lower Ford Street to North Street. A crane using a clamshell attachment tears down building, construction worker on ground. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1960s.

Last day in Ogdensburg Gas Works Company, Ogdensburg, NY. Art Rivers on left, middle unknown, Ike Eldridge on right. Circa 1920s.

S.M. Douglas barge and crane unloading gravel in Ogdensburg, NY. Possibly part of Saint Lawrence Seaway construction. Circa 1950s.

Laying sidewalk at a housing project. In background workers are applying a brick facing to a new home. August of 1951, Ogdensburg, NY.

Building the seawall (a retaining wall to minimize erosion) at Crescent Park on the Oswegatchie River, using a steam-powered engine operating unidentified type of equipment. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1900.

Ray Barkman pictured drilling a well. Circa 1940s or 50s. Ogdensburg, NY.

First year of the Diamond Match Company B.F.D. Division paper mill’s operation. Here, pulp is unloaded at the new operation site, which had formerly been residential. The homes pictured being covered in logs were owned by local residents, on Broad Street.  The homes were purchased by the company, and later the city gave the title […]

The Ogdensburg Prescott International Bridge under construction. Near Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1959.