The exterior of H.H. Noble Coal, a coal and building supply company that sold cordwood, flour, salt, coal, cement, brick, lime, phosphate, and shingles. Two horse drawn wagons are parked in front of the shop. 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY.
9 teams of horses pulling a Dynamo Electric Machine, or generator, to a site near Eagle Rock in Nicholville. 1906. Nicholville, NY.
Caption by SLCHA Archive: This picture shows one of two generators being hauled from the station at Oswegatchie to the first power house at Brown’s Falls. The road was either sand or mud. The generator was inched along by eight strong horses, and the trip took about three days. Teamsters walk alongside the horses to […]
Construction worker painting a penstock orange. Circa 1970. Colton, NY.
Building site of the Cranberry Lake State Dam, including wooden scaffolding. 1916. Cranberry Lake, NY. Photo by J. Reynolds.
Workers pose in front of the Jones and Son Coal Company, located at the bottom of State Street Hill near the railroad tracks. Unidentified men are seated in a two-horse drawn wagon on the unpaved street. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY.
Workers, covered in soot and holding shovels, stand in front of the coal (?)-powered furnaces. These fires heated the forges of Wilna Machine, a machine shop located near the Carthage paper mills. Circa 1890-1900. Carthage, NY.
State Street is lit up by electric lights strung in front of businesses as part of a celebration of industry. Carthage was one of the first towns to get electricity in Jefferson County, even before Watertown. Note early automobiles parked along sidewalks. 1912. Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold […]
Looking up State Street (the business center of Carthage) toward the National Exchange Bank (currently known as the Buckley Building). There are a few automobiles, but mostly horse drawn vehicles still travel the dirt streets. The globed lighting shown here were gaslights, probably lit at dusk by Fred Klingner, the village lamplighter. Electric lights were […]
The Rondax Building which housed the Old Forge Electric business office, known informally as the Flat Iron Building. Old Forge had an electric plant earlier than most Adirondack communities, around the turn of the 20th century. 1931. Old Forge, NY.
