Workers pose standing and on a horse drawn wagon in front of the Meyer & Farrar door and sash factory, built on the banks of the Black River. It was built to replace the factory that burned in the fire of 1884. This photo was taken circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Check out this North Country at […]
Workers of Wilna Machine, a machine shop located near the Carthage paper mills, pose seated and standing, lit by natural light from large windows lining the wall running the length of the room. The shop produced machinery used in the paper mills. Note young boy, second from left. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Check out this North […]
Workers inside Wilna Machine, a machine shop that made machines for the paper industry around Carthage and West Carthage. Two workers stand in front of machinery used to make more machines. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY.
National Paper Products West End Division, machine number 5. February 1930. Carthage, NY. Town of Wilna archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
National Paper Products West End Division, machine room number 5, looking southwest, wet end of the process. February 1930. Carthage, NY. Town of Wilna archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
Slitter is cutting and rewinding from a roll. Circa 1940-1950. Carthage, NY. From the Climax archives, scanned by Lynn Thornton for the Four Rivers Historical Society.
Pictured is the dry end of the paper machine—the finish end with rolls visible. Circa 1940-1950. Carthage, NY. From the Climax archives, scanned by Lynn Thornton for the Four Rivers Historical Society.
Granite rolls flattened paper and made it a uniform thickness. Workers are pictured inside the Climax. Circa 1940-1950. Carthage, NY. From the Climax archives, scanned by Lynn Thornton for the Four Rivers Historical Society. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about the history of Carthage’s working class.
Workers check tension on a paper roll inside the Climax paper-making plant. Circa 1940-1950. Carthage, NY. From the Climax archives, scanned by Lynn Thornton for the Four Rivers Historical Society. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about the history of Carthage’s working class.
The inner workings of the Climax plant paper-making operation. This is part of the wet end where stock is made into paper; suction boxes, above, remove water with vacuum. Circa 1940-1950. Carthage, NY. From the Climax archives, scanned by Lynn Thornton for the Four Rivers Historical Society.
