North Country At Work

Maple sugaring at 141 Flower Avenue. Unknown man gathering sap. Circa 1930s. Watertown, NY.

Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad locomotive #31, the “S.F. Phelps.” Note the large light on the front of the locomotive. Circa 1870s. Unknown location in either Jefferson or St. Lawrence County in NYS.

NY Central & Hudson Railroad engine #2611, and employees. Circa 1900. Unknown northern NY location.

The NY Central & Hudson Railroad engine #1005, which ran between Utica and Massena via Richland. Circa 1900. Unknown NYS location.

Workers, including Charles M. Getman, second from left, with NY Central Railroad coal-powered locomotive #442 transporting logs. Circa 1890s. Unknown Jefferson County in NYS location.

Employees posing with wood-fired engine. Circa mid-1870s. Unknown North Country in NYS location.

Captain and crew member on deck of a ship on the St. Lawrence River. Circa 1940s. Exact location unknown.

Gregory and Kendall (last names unknown) deckhands, with the Edith II, one of the boats operated by Uncle Sam Boat Tours. Circa 1960s. Thousand Islands area.

Portrait of railroad Freight House employees.  1902. Somewhere in Jefferson County in NYS.

This crew portrait was donated by E.P. Burtch on Jan. 4, 1962 to the Jefferson County Historical Society in Watertown, NY. The yacht was owned by E.P. Wilbur. The photo was taken around 1910. On the back of the photograph, crew members are identified as follows: Rear, left to right: (E.P. Burtch?) Geo M Comstock […]