North Country At Work

Construction on the Big Tupper Ski Resort. Circa 1950. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Using a track hoe to build a road at the end of Park Street, what is now Park Ridge. Circa 1970. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

An Oval Wood Dish Company Linn tractor carrying cargo in the back and passengers in the front. Circa 1920. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Pallets of Riopan, an antacid drug for relieving heartburn and indigestion that was made at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.

A worker operating some kind of switchboard at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.

A worker surveys a machine washing bottles at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.

Two workers inspecting pills at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The tools they are holding may be designed to vacuum up pills that don’t pass inspection. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.   Geri Favreau went to work for Ayerst in 1967. She worked there for 37 years on the office side […]

This photo shows four filter presses used for washing the magaldrate material at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. Magaldrate is the generic name for Riopan, an antacid for relieving heartburn and indigestion that was made at the factory. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo […]

A worker filling in a pothole in the road. Circa 1940s or 50s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.

The exterior of the coal plant that used to be located behind the railroad station on Bridge Street. Workers stand in the yard outside. 1940s or ’50s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.