At the Newton Falls Paper Mill, four employees measure off finished paper into rolls for bulk sale. Circa 1940s or 1950s. Newton Falls. Photo courtesy of the Town of Clifton Museum, from the Ernie Bognar Collection, as furnished through the courtesy of Randy Clark.
Inside the Newton Falls Paper Mill, worker operating the Hydro Pumper #4 machine, which made a slurry of fiber and water at the beginning of the paper making process. Circa 1940s or 1950s. Newton Falls. Photo courtesy of the Town of Clifton Museum, from the Ernie Bognar Collection, as furnished through the courtesy of Randy […]
Lee Townes, Newton Falls Paper Mill worker, operating gages controlling the beater machine, which mixed chemicals. Circa 1940s or 1950s. Newton Falls. Photo courtesy of the Town of Clifton Museum, from the Ernie Bognar Collection, as furnished through the courtesy of Randy Clark.
Inside the Newton Falls Paper Mill. Pictured is the cutter machine being operated by employees, who are cutting paper from a roll for sale as sheet paper. Circa 1940s or 1950s. Newton Falls. Photo courtesy of the Town of Clifton Museum, from the Ernie Bognar Collection, as furnished through the courtesy of Randy Clark.
Brown’s Tract Mill on fire. Smoke is billowing through the stacked lumber. Of the nine men pictured, all are unidentified except for Ferris Williams, on the far right, stooping over the hose cart, and Mr. Goodwill, standing on the lumber and looking at the fire. July 1916. Thendara, NY.
Sawmill circa 1890-1895. Pictured are railroad tracks, two buildings with smokestacks from steam engines, and stacks of logs and lumber. Beaver River, NY.
Exterior of the Fifth Lake water powered saw mill. Logs float in mill pond before being winched up the ramp into the sawmill. Note the barrels on the roof ridge. Circa 1890-1900. Inlet, NY.
Men posing in front of the feed mill located on County Route 17. Circa 1920s-1930s. Old De Kalb, NY.
Floyd Powell stands in the Powell Feed Mill. The chute above his head was used for filling bags of grain, and the Fairbanks Scale on the left is designed specifically for weighing grain. Today the Powell Feed Mill is the commission sales barn in De Kalb Junction. Circa 1920s-1930s. De Kalb Junction, NY.
Portrait of workers at the Ingrahams Sawmill, standing on a railroad track in front of stacked lumber. Note two youngsters on the left. Circa 1900-1910. Harrisville.
