North Country At Work

Watson “Whocky” Arnold operating a portable sawmill. Circa 1920s or ’30s. Hope Falls in Hope, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

A water-powered sawmill. Circa 1880-1900. Hope Falls in Hope, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The Silver Lake tannery. Note large bark piles on the right. Circa 1880-1910. Near the hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Old Piseco mill workers. Circa 1897. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo donated by Judy Damkoehler. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Inside Hoosier Magnetics. On left is Kim Fenton, logistics manager, on right is Dean Paro inspecting a load about to be shipped out. Circa 2004. Ogdensburg, NY. Photo by J. Hebda.

Saint Regis Paper Company in Norfolk, NY. Circa 1940s. Photo submitted by Jerome Hebda.

Sulphite mill with elevator (left), railroad tracks and cars, and water tower (right). Written on photo: “THE SULPHITE MILL AND ELEVATOR. NATURAL DAM. N.Y.” Town of Gouverneur. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Natural Dam, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Pulp mill and dam on Moose River. Pulpwood piles on right. Handwritten on photo: “PULP MILL AND DAM McKEEVER N.Y.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. McKeever, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Worker inside the Republic Steel Company’s A & B powerhouse. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Man operates a winch for the Republic Steel Company. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.