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Workers outside sawmill on the Little River in Fine

Workers outside sawmill on the Little River in Fine

Workers and horses in the yard outside the sawmill on the Little River with storage farm and office, built by J. Colby. Later owners were John Truin, J. La Jane, Coltons, and W. Trudo. Circa 1900. Fine, NY.

Generator being moved with an eight-horse team in Oswegatchie

Generator being moved with an eight-horse team in Oswegatchie

Caption by SLCHA Archive: This picture shows one of two generators being hauled from the station at Oswegatchie to the first power house at Brown’s Falls. The road was either sand or mud. The generator was inched along by eight strong horses, and the trip took about three days. Teamsters walk alongside the horses to […]

Transporting ore by horse-drawn wagon to the railroad in Edwards

Transporting ore by horse-drawn wagon to the railroad in Edwards

Ore being drawn from the mine to the railroad. Driving the first team of horses is Claude Hance. Story attached to photo at the SLCHA Archives: Robert McFerran brought the horses a chocolate each morning on the first trip down and the horses would stop and refuse to go past the store until they had […]

Sawmill yard in Newton Falls

Sawmill yard in Newton Falls

Exterior of a sawmill in Newton Falls. Pictured in the yard are wagon hitches, horses, stumps of cut trees. On the left is the entrance to the sawmill and milled lumber. Circa 1890. Newton Falls, NY. Photo by Dwight Seog.