Willie Hall driving a Caterpillar D4 bulldozer for a logging operation owned by Clarence J. Strife. The work was being done in the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb. Circa 1950s.
Clarence J. Strife’s logging operation working in the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb. Circa 1950.
A man prepares to move logs using a Model A Ford truck equipped with an early winch, which is hooked to a wooden bobsled piled with logs. Circa 1930s. Town of Webb, NY.
Man driving team of horses with bobsled piled with cut logs during winter. Circa 1910-1920. 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.
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.
Three men move ice from a wooden conveyor belt into New York Central Railroad cars. Circa 1910-1920. Old Forge, NY.
Men working the ice harvest move cut ice blocks from a conveyor belt into New York Central Railroad boxcars. Circa 1910-1920. Old Forge, NY.
The steamer Clearwater burning on the Old Forge Pond. March 1939. Old Forge, NY.
