Man at work in the machine shop at a paper mill. Circa 1920s. Town of Wilna, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
Interior of an early paper mill. Male workers are pictured in front of felt rollers used to dry paper. Circa 1900-1920. Carthage, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about the history of Carthage’s working class.
Long view shot of the Island Paper Company Mill, including wet flats in foreground, wood slag heap and smokestack. Circa 1905-1920. Carthage, NY. From the Bob Blondin Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.
Workers of Wilna Machine, a machine shop located near the Carthage paper mills, pose seated and standing, lit by natural light from large windows lining the wall running the length of the room. The shop produced machinery used in the paper mills. Note young boy, second from left. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Check out this North […]
National Paper Products West End Division, machine number 5. February 1930. Carthage, NY. Town of Wilna archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
The St. Regis Rossing paper-making plant received raw logs and stripped off the bark, and removed pitch from spruce trees to prevent it “gumming” up the paper machinery. Many mills in Carthage and Jefferson County acquired their logs from Adirondack woodlands. The industry provided work for many but also led to over cutting in many […]
Men of the LeRay Paper Mill are pictured in the yard. Second from the left, top row, is Ray Rogers; extreme right, front row, Will Van Brocklin. In 1899, this mill employed 60 men, consumed 15,000 cords of wood per year and had a gross output of 27 tons per day or about 17,000,000 pounds […]
The machine room of the LeRay Paper Mill. The large windows allowed for natural light to illuminate the massive paper making machines. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Town of Champion archives. Henry M. Beach, photographer. Click here to read our story on how Henry M. Beach captured the North Country through photography. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, […]
Piles of sawed lumber were stacked in the yards of the Carthage Lumber Company. This facility was located on Front Street. 1899. West Carthage, NY. Meyers Collection. Check out this story from North Country at Work to learn more about the history of West Carthage. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of […]
Unidentified man hosing smoldering remains of the Gifford Sawmill. The fire destroyed the mill. Circa 1920s. Carthage, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about how fire has shaped the history of Carthage. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and […]
