Sherwin Lumber Mill employees and loggers posing for a photo in front of the mill. Also pictured are floating logs and the water inlet screens for the mill on the water. Many of the men hold poles for herding the logs. 1890. Canton.
A Saint Lawrence Mill wagon filled with bags of feed or flour, drawn by one horse, in front of a photo studio (note sign above wagon that says Photograph). The Saint Lawrence Mill was owned by Horace Dickinson Moody, brother in law to Silas Wright. Circa 1860s. Canton, NY. Photo by H.D.Moody.
A steam engine sawmill on the Oswegatchie river, between Heuvelton and Renssalaer Falls. Logs float in the river, waiting to be processed. 1890-1910. Saint Lawrence County.
View of the Day Mill area from the north side of the St. Regis River, showing the home of Harvey Day. 1896. Hopkinton, NY. Photo by Pearl W. Munson.
Morris Day posing in front of Day’s Mill on the Saint Regis River, in which logs float. Circa 1900. Hopkinton, NY.
Exterior shot of the Ontario Talc Company milling operation, comprised of four buildings and wooden structures on the West Branch of the Oswegatchie River. Circa 1900-1910. Fullerville in the Town of Fowler, NY. Check out North Country at Work’s story on the dangers of talc mining.
Exterior of the the St. Lawrence Pyrites Mill which processed ore for its Sulphur (which was then used in paper making processes), featuring railroad tracks and an open wooden car in front of the mill building, waste water holding pond in foreground. Circa 1906. In Stellaville, a hamlet of De Kalb, NY.
A wood pulp mill, pictured as it appeared about 1890. A few years later that building burned and was rebuilt in 1900. The mill is now used as an electric plant. Members of the plant staff in 1890 are shown in front of the building. Left to right are: Charles Clark (boss), Pasco Whitford, Elgin […]
Exterior of a sawmill in Newton Falls. Pictured in the yard are wagon hitches, horses, stumps of cut trees. On the left is the entrance to the sawmill and milled lumber. Circa 1890. Newton Falls, NY. Photo by Dwight Seog.
Interior of the Grasse Paper Company Mill. Workers stand next to paper making machinery. Circa 1910-1920. Pyrites, NY. Check out our story on the boom (and bust) of Pyrites here.
