North Country At Work

Old Piseco mill workers. Circa 1897. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo donated by Judy Damkoehler. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Sulphite mill with elevator (left), railroad tracks and cars, and water tower (right). Written on photo: “THE SULPHITE MILL AND ELEVATOR. NATURAL DAM. N.Y.” Town of Gouverneur. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Natural Dam, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Pulp mill and dam on Moose River. Pulpwood piles on right. Handwritten on photo: “PULP MILL AND DAM McKEEVER N.Y.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. McKeever, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Interior view of chemical mill in operation while in the middle of rebuilding and enlargement. 1900. Ticonderoga, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Construction of the American Glue Company mill. Putting siding on the building. Note early flatbed truck in the foreground. 1920. Minerva, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

View of American Glue Co. mill under construction. 1920. Minerva, NY. Photo courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Workers at a graphite mine off of Hudson Street in Johnsburg, NY. Circa 1900 – 1910. Johnsburg, NY. Note: this caption originally stated this photo was at a graphite mill in North River. Historian Glenn Pearsall and Greg Schaefer from the North Creek Depot Museum brought it to our attention that there was not a graphite […]

Men fill and load bags of talc onto ore car in talc mill. Circa 1910. Talcville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Postcard of the Morley Grist Mill produced by Genuine Photographers from Studio of Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co. Note the Gold Medal Flour company sign on the front of the covered drive-through. Circa 1900-1910. Morley, NY.

An early view of the Morley Grist Mill. A team of horses and men are posed just outside of a covered drive-through, probably used for loading and unloading grain. Circa 1880. Morley, NY.