Surveying party taking measurements for Carry Falls hydro-electric plant in 1951. From Niagara Mohawk News: The crew is on an island where the first section of a cofferdam will be constructed. In the foreground is the west channel of the Raquette River. Beyond, clamshell and workers are seen making the initial excavation at one end […]
Pouring concrete in sub-freezing temperatures at the Carry Falls hydro-electric plant in 1952, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1952. Colton, N.Y. Photo: Colton Historical Society, photo credit to Niagara Mohawk News.
Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Surge tank foundation and riser at the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1954. South Colton N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Construction at Blake hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1950s. Parishville, N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
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, N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Above Hollywood hamlet, at Parmeter, a place along the Raquette River, the southern end of Carry Reservoir. Man on the right is Edson A. Martin, the part-owner of Raquette River Construction, which did general construction for the hydro-electric plants. Trying to get a bulldozer across the river. Circa 1951. Hamlet of Hollywood in the town […]
Construction of the powerhouse in South Colton, originally called Three Falls. Circa early 1950s. South Colton, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
