Over the old log chute at the Grasse Paper Company Mill steam engine powered log booms are positioned to lift materials for the wall into place. The “chute” may have been an old power tube. Circa 1905. Pyrites, NY.
Grasse Paper Company Mill –This appears to be an agricultural barn being converted for industrial use, possibly with a papermill. Small building on right is an ice house. Circa 1900. Pyrites, NY.
Grasse Paper Company railroad locomotive in front of the Pyrites paper mill. Railroad workers are visible inside and on the ground next to the engine. Circa 1910. Pyrites, NY.
Planing mill owned by a Mr. Hefferman, located on the Grasse River in Canton. Workers are posed between the mill and railroad tracks. One worker stands atop a load of lumber on a wagon with a horse hitched to it. 1900-1910. Canton, NY.
Three employees stand inside the Kelley and Moore Tin Shop on Main Street. Metal break and rolling machine as well as other metal working tools are pictured. Circa 1910s. Lisbon, NY.
DeGrasse Paper Company from above. Circa 1903-1916. Pyrites, NY.
Above the dam on the Grasse River where the DeGrasse Paper Company, informally known as the Pyrites Paper Plant, sorted all the logs for the paper-making process. Circa 1900-1910. Pyrites, NY.
Aerial shot of the DeGrasse Paper Company foundations. Factory was informally known as the Pyrites Paper Plant. Late 1970s. Pyrites NY. Taken by Wayne Lincoln.
A look at rows of machinery inside a paper mill. Note bright natural provided through large window at end of corridor and overhead skylights. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY. Listen to Lynn Thornton, the town of Champion historian, explain the steps from cutting logs to making paper here.
Men working in the Crown Zellerbach paper mill, called the National Paper Products Company. The mill began operations in 1915, and grew to be a very large company. Circa 1950. Carthage, NY. In 1914 the Zellerbach family of California obtained the rights to a newly developed towel machine and needed to expand. In 1915 twenty-three […]
