Construction at the Rainbow Falls hydro-electric generating station (completed in 1956), the third plant in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Rainbow Falls had the largest dam. Its reservoir covered 700 acres and had the capacity for 700 million cubic feet of water. Circa early 1950s. Town of Clare. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk […]
Construction at Rainbow Falls by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. Circa early 1950s. Town of Clare. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
A steam shovel loads ore into ore cars at Hooper’s Mine. Worker stands nearby, watching. Photograph by AZO Studio. 1930s. North River, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Group of men pose carrying an iron rail. Newly laid ties in foreground still have bark on them. Logging railroads were built quickly to haul logs out of the woods. They were meant to be short lived. Probably for the Mac-a-Mac Lumber Co. Written on photo: “BUILDING A RAILROAD IN THE FOREST. BRANDRETH LAKE.” Photograph […]
Building a railroad during the construction of the New York State Barge Canal. A dam built for this project created the Hinckley Reservoir. Written on photograph: “BUILDING RAILROAD, B.C. DAM. HINCKLEY. N.Y. NO. 14.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Hinckley, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Workers of the Crown Point Iron Company railroad stand by tracks with track repair tools in hand. Early wood fired locomotive with tender and one passenger car can be seen behind them. The rail repair car is labeled “C. P. I. C. R.” Crown Point Iron Company Railroad.1870- 1880. May be in Ironville, NY. Courtesy […]
Railroad bridge over the Ausable Chasm, completed in 1890. Train is stopped on bridge; workmen posing on top of train. Photograph by G.F. Martin. Around 1890. Keeseville, NY. Donated by John Fritzinger Jr., courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers use a Cletrac tractor and scraper to build High Rock Road. May be from camp S-90. 1933-1934. Speculator, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Two men hauling cut stone with a team of horses. Stone was for use in the construction of Big Moose Chapel. Small shed and automobile can be seen in background. 1929. Town of Webb, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Men working to reopen the Fisher Hill shaft at the Republic Steel mine. 1980. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
