North Country At Work

View of reconstruction work on the retaining wall on Park Street between Elm and School Streets. Circa 1918. Glens Falls, NY. Photo by H.W. Pangburn. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Hillside view of the construction of the Spier Falls Dam. August 1901. Lake Luzerne, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Men using steam drills to begin construction on the Spier Falls Dam. 1901. Lake Luzerne, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Workers posed atop and inside a flume pipe in the Spier Falls Dam on the Hudson River. Circa 1902. Lake Luzerne, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

A view of the construction of the Spier Falls Dam on the Hudson River. Circa 1902. Lake Luzerne, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Men constructing the Spier Falls Dam on the Hudson River. April 17, 1902. Lake Luzerne, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Two workers from the D.E. Van Wirt Construction Company with a horse-drawn dump wagon and steam roller. They are doing work for the Hudson Valley Railway Company. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Employees of the D.E. Van Writ Construction Company laying down a tar road as part of railroad work for the Hudson Valley Railway Company. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Four employees of the D.E. Van Wirt Construction Company posing with shovels and pickaxes, doing a railroad project for Hudson Valley Railway. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

A D.E. Van Wirt Construction Company worker operating a steam roller, as a project for the Hudson Valley Railway Company. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.