The P & M Lumber Camp: log structures, an axe planted into a stump, and two men on the left using a saw. The camp was located seven miles east of Old Forge, near Third Lake Creek. Fred Potter was the contractor. 1917-1919. Town of Webb, NY.
Man rolling a log onto a stack of logs using a peavey. Behind him are horses that skid the logs out of the forest. Circa 1950s. In the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb.
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.
Loading ice blocks into train cars in Old Forge C: Three men loading blocks of freshly cut and harvested ice from a wooden conveyor belt into New York Central Railroad cars. Circa 1910-1920. Old Forge, NY.
Nine railroad crew workers with shovels and railroad jack on the Fulton Chain tracks. Circa 1910-1920. Town of Webb, NY.
A row of ice harvesters on the Old Forge Pond C: A line of six boys and men pose for a picture with ice harvesting tools on the Old Forge Pond. Circa 1910-1920. Old Forge, NY.
A group of men work to harvest ice on the Old Forge Pond. In the foreground, where the ice has been cut, men with peevees (peaveys)–an ice-handling tool–move chunks of ice towards a conveyor belt. Circa 1910-1920. Old Forge, NY.
