North Country At Work

Workers for the D.E. Van Wirt Construction Company doing work for the Hudson Valley Railway Co. using horses. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Workers for the D.E. VanWirt Construction Company working on a road project, using several dump wagons and teams of horses. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of Chapman Museum.

Workers reinforcing the base of the east wing wall at Union Falls Dam. September 17, 1942. Black Brook, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives

Men at construction site, maybe Paul Smith’s Electric Light and Power and Railroad Co. Apollos “Paul” Smith is standing inside pipe on the left. Stationary steam engine in background. Circa 1907. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives.

A crane places the sign on the Super Duper, a grocery store in West Carthage, NY. December 19, 1979. Bridge Street in West Carthage, NY. Courtesy of the Town of Wilna Historian’s Office Collection.

Demolition of Kenyon House on 416 State St. to build the St. Lawrence National Bank. Circa 1960. Carthage, NY. Courtesy of the Carthage Village Historian.

Carpenters constructing the form for a draft tube, which carries exhaust flow from the main turbine, at the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1950s. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society

Meryl Morris (resident engineer) and Alan Willard (assistant resident engineer) look at blueprints during final stage of construction on South Colton Hydro-Electric Plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1954. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society

Using an air compressor on the site of the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1953. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society, photo credit to Niagara Mohawk News.

Forms in place for pouring concrete at the intake of Rainbow Falls dam, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1955. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society.