Long view shot of the Island Paper Company Mill, including wet flats in foreground, wood slag heap and smokestack. Circa 1905-1920. Carthage, NY. From the Bob Blondin Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.
A winch is used to lower a boat onto the Black River. The winch is on the railroad car which delivered the boat. The train stopped on the bridge in order to unload the boat. The boat was used to help corral wood being floated down the river to mills. Circa 1930. From the Bill […]
During World War II, George Metzger helped the war effort by cutting wood. This picture of a half dozen men, two teams of horses, a wood wagon on runners, and an old truck was taken on his farm on the Avery Road. Circa 1940. Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and […]
The St. Regis Rossing paper-making plant received raw logs and stripped off the bark, and removed pitch from spruce trees to prevent it “gumming” up the paper machinery. Many mills in Carthage and Jefferson County acquired their logs from Adirondack woodlands. The industry provided work for many but also led to over cutting in many […]
Logs were floated downriver from as far as Port Leyden and as near as Castorland to Carthage. Depending on the type and quality of the logs, they were sawn out as lumber or turned into pulp. Carthage ice house can be seen on far left, including the chute through which ice was pulled up and […]
Lumber frequently came to Carthage from mills in Castorland, Beaver Falls and other points between Carthage and Lyons Falls. Sometimes logs were formed into rafts and pulled by tugs. The rafts were often offloaded at the foot of West Street where there were docks and warehouses. 1941. Carthage, NY. William D. Welsh, artist. Caption info […]
One of Carthage’s first pulp mills, Carthage Sulphite Pulp Company, which drew logs from the Black River floated down from timbering sites. Written on the photo are the names: J.A. Outterson, President., M.S. Wilder, Vice President., Joseph Main, Manager., and L.G. DeCant, Secretary and Treasurer. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY.
Logging on the Griffin Tract. Two heavily loaded bob sleds bring logs out of the woods. 1900-1910. Wanakena, NY.
This is a Real Photo Postcard produced by Henry M. Beach, titled: A Model Lumber Camp in the Adirondacks. It pictures a group of workers posing with teams, snow plows and road sprinklers at a logging camp. Possibly a Rich Lumber Company camp as they owned the forests around Wanakena, NY. Circa 1910. Photographer was […]
Vic McPhee’s bob sled loaded with 5781 board feet of logs in the Adirondacks. This is a Real Photo Postcard produced by Henry M. Beach, titled: ADIRONDACK PINE: A BIG LOAD. 5781 Ft. Circa 1900-1910. Adirondacks. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at […]
