North Country At Work

Two workers on top of a smokestack at an old coal plant in Plattsburgh, suspended by a machine. 1940s or ’50s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.

A worker using machinery to climb a smokestack at an old coal plant. 1940s or ’50s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.

A Linn tractor hauling six sleigh loads of logs in Tupper Lake. Circa Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Lumbermen hauling three sleigh loads of logs with a Linn tractor. Circa Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

View of a gigantic pulp wood pile and conveyor in Au Sable Forks, NY. Circa 1910.

Sawyer Dick Shea using a portable sawmill in Catamount Forest. 2006. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Ruth McWilliams.

Local sawyer Dick Shea using a portable sawmill in Catamount Forest. 2006. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Ruth McWilliams.

A contractor harvesting logs to be processed through a portable sawmill. 2006. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Ruth McWilliams.

Students working on oil burners in SUNY Canton’s heating ventilation and air conditioning program. At the time, the college was known as Canton Agricultural and Technological Institute located at St. Lawrence University. Circa 1950. Canton, NY. Courtesy of Greg Kie.

Student with instructor operating what we believe is a metal lathe in the machine shop of SUNY Canton. At the time the college was known as Canton Agricultural and Technological Institute located at St. Lawrence University.  Circa 1940. Canton, NY. Courtesy of Greg Kie.