Dexter Sulfite Mill workers. Circa 1940. Dexter, NY. With the photo, we have the following list of names–but it is not clear who is who. If you can identify any of these men, let us know. Charles Hayes, Superintendent Jack Farrel, Schenller (sic, Schneller?) — do you know what this title meant? (In German, “schnell” […]
Employees in Dexter Sulfite Mill, which was the first in the US to make pulp through a chemical process using sulfuric acid, called the Mitscherlich process. Donated by Bernard Burke. Circa 1900. Dexter, NY. Editor’s Note: The information below was taken from an article we scanned from the Dexter Historical Association. We cannot find an […]
View of Dexter Sulfite Mill from Black River. Circa 1900. Dexter, NY.
Dexter Sulfite Pulp & Paper Co. truck moving finished paper. Circa 1940s. Dexter, NY.
Sulfite Mill after digester blew up in Dexter January 18, 1903. Donated by Laura Parsons in Dexter. Photographer: G.A. Prime of Dexter. 1903. Dexter, NY.
Taggert Mill (located about 3 miles down the road from Dexter) is one of the many paper mills that lined the Black River. Circa 1890s. Dexter, NY.
Showing St. Lawrence and Frontenac Mills on the Black River, photo taken from Sulfite Mill roof. Circa early 1900s. Dexter, NY.
View of Dexter looking northwest from Fish Island, which was the original name of Dexter. (People went fishing at this location.) Notice the river channel in foreground, crossed by steel “short bridge.” The Sulfite Paper mill is in the left background. The canal that goes through downtown is visible on right. Company houses in center […]
J.A. McWayne block: dry goods and general merchandise on left; short covered bridge; F. W. Winn building general store, at right rear; J.T. Wood Store, boots, shoes, groceries and drugs, hides and skins, and pork packers, right front; Mill Canal, foreground. Information on stores from History of Dexter, NY, compiled by Marion H. Evans, village […]
Dexter Sulfite Paper Mill pulpwood pile, donated by Marion Evans (she was village historian at one time). Circa 1940s. Dexter, NY.
