Traction steam engine in front of a church in Saint Lawrence County
A traction steam engine and two workers on a newly rolled road. Circa 1915. Saint Lawrence County.
Type of Work: Construction
Work crew building road in Canton
A work crew comprised of men and teams of horses hitched to wagons, clearing the way for a road. Circa 1900-1905. Canton. Photo taken and processed by F.J. McCormick Studio in Canton.
English canal investors near Massena
English canal investors near Massena, on the site of what would be the Massena power canal. Massena, 1898.
Chambers men building a dam on the St. Regis River in Lawrence
Seven men stand atop a crib dam under construction on the St. Regis River in Nicholville; the wooden cribs are built, but have not yet been filled with stones. Among the men are Sam Chambers and his sons Raoul and Edwin. Circa 1900. Nicholville, a hamlet of Lawrence, NY.
Construction of a crib retaining wall in the St. Regis River in Hopkinton
Men pose for a photo during the construction of a crib retaining wall on the St. Regis River, which was built after a flood in 1905. Circa 1906. Hopkinton, NY.
Crushing stone using a steam powered stone crusher in Hermon
Early construction workers filling a horse drawn wagon drop wagon with crushed stone. A steam engine powers the stone crusher via a flat belt to make road fill. Features a Case Steam Roller, which the town of Hermon bought for road building. Circa 1910s. Hermon, NY.
Construction of a trestle bridge in the town of De Kalb
Nine men holding tools stand on a wooden trestle bridge across Tanner Creek near Stellaville, a hamlet of De Kalb. The bridge was part of the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad. Four women and a man sitting in a horse-drawn wagon are on the ground next to the bridge. The bridge is under construction, and […]
Men at work inside Van Dwyer Furniture Works in Gouverneur
Six carpenters assemble wooden brooder boxes inside Van Dwyer Furniture Works. Circa 1910. Gouverneur, NY.
Men and horses moving broken up pieces of “Bullhead Rock” in the Oswegatchie River near De Kalb
Workers for the Oswegatchie River Improvement Association work to remove a blasted rock, which was destroyed by dynamite. Remains of old iron blast furnace from 19th century plant on far right. July 1914. On the Oswegatchie River in De Kalb, NY.
Blasting “Bullhead Rock” in the Oswegatchie River near De Kalb
Destroying “Bullhead Rock” in the riverbed near Cooper’s Falls on the Oswegatchie River. 200 pounds of dynamite were used. They were removing it because the rock caused ice jam build ups which led to flooding of the lowlands on farms near De Kalb. Circa July 1914. De Kalb, NY.