North Country At Work

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.

Logs were floated downriver from as far as Port Leyden and as near as Castorland to Carthage. Depending on the type and quality of the logs, they were sawn out as lumber or turned into pulp. Carthage ice house can be seen on far left, including the chute through which ice was pulled up and […]

Logger atop a mountain of cut logs at the Emporium Lumber Company Mill in Cranberry Lake. He seems to be operating a winch to move the logs. Circa 1920s. Cranberry Lake, NY.

Loggers with peaveys move logs—which they are riding–into the flume to pass by the Old Forge Dam. 1919. Old Forge, NY.

A group of men watch as loggers help guide logs into the flume over the Old Forge Dam in 1919. Old Forge, NY.

Loggers at work during the spring drive, trying to move jammed logs with peaveys. Circa 1920. Town of Webb, NY. Click here for a North Country at Work story on Webb’s transformation from logging town to winter wonderland.

Eight loggers during the spring drive, trying to break a log jam with peaveys. Circa 1920. Town of Webb, NY.

Logger poses using a peavey to move logs during spring log drive in the Adirondacks. Circa 1920. Town of Webb, NY. Click here for a North Country at Work story on Webb’s transformation from logging town to winter wonderland.

Loggers trying to break a log jam with peaveys, during the spring drive. Circa 1920. Town of Webb, 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.