Cranker’s Machine Shop on Mill Point. Cranker was a gunsmith and a toolmaker. He also made motors, and put the motor into the first fire boat in town. The shop closed in the 1960s. Circa 1940. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.
Robert Cranker holding a rifle inside the Cranker Machine Shop. Cranker was a gunsmith, toolmaker, and was said to have put the motor into the first fire boat in town. Date circa 1930s. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of John Peach.
Robert Service working on the Thousand Islands Bridge. He and another worker, Donny Sanford, went up and took off the old aviation lights to install LED lights, lowering the old lights down on a pulley. 1988. Near the Thousand Islands, NY. Courtesy of Robert Service. Service graduated from Alexandria Central School in 1969, and went […]
Robert Service working on the Thousand Islands Bridge. He and another worker, Donny Sanford, went up and took off the old aviation lights to install LED lights, lowering the old lights down on a pulley. Service was the director of maintenance & construction and bridge operations. Summer of 1988. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Robert […]
A stack of white pine logs on a Mack tri-axle loader. The logs were cut by Jack Pulsifer and Philip N Jackson IV by Lincoln Pond. Spring 2016. Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of Philip N. Jackson IV.
Logger Jack Pulsifer holds a Stihl chainsaw against a pile of large white pine logs. The logs were cut by Lincoln Pond. Spring 2016. Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of Phil Jackson.
Lumberjack Phil Jackson posing next to a 1978 John Deere 440C skidder and a pile of large, soft maple logs. He is holding an orange measuring stick to measure the size of the logs; the stick is four feet long. Jackson says these are some of the largest soft maple logs he’s ever cut. The […]
A Helicopter used by DEC ranger Howard Glass in a rescue. 2002. Lake Placid, NY. Photo courtesy of Howard Glass. Read the full North Country at Work story on the rescue here.
Tuxill engineering company worker walking outside of the Potsdam Depot. In 1980 the Potsdam Depot, now Mama Lucia’s, was moved to make way for the new bypass highway around downtown, to ease congestion of traffic. Potsdam NY. 1980. Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum.
Two of the moving company workers stand outside the Potsdam Depot. In 1980 the Potsdam Depot, now Mama Lucia’s, was moved to make way for the new bypass highway around downtown, to ease congestion of traffic. Potsdam NY. 1980. Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum.
