North Country At Work

Interior of a paper mill. Two men put finishing installation of the tissue paper machine. November 15, 1978. Carthage, NY.

An architect’s conceptual view of the 23,000 square feet addition to the Carthage Machine Company building. 1976. Carthage, NY. Courtesy of the Town of Wilna Historian’s Office Collection.

Employees of Carthage Machine Company.  Back row standing: Unknown, William Heath, George Johnson. Second row from back: Tom Johnson, George Suttleth, Frank Leach, Carl Johnson, Will McManus, H. Rothenberg. Row three: unknown, Jud Pierce, unknown, Henry LaFluer, George Fraser, Ivan Hemmings. Fourth row: Harry Johnson, unknown, Alex (?), Cal Osbourn, George Whaling, John Blackwell, Harry […]

Exterior of an Island Paper Company building under construction. Located on an island in the Black River between Carthage and West Carthage. Circa 1916. Carthage, NY. Donated by Jim Smith of Carthage, NY. Courtesy of the Town of Wilna Historian’s Office Collection.

Workers inside the engine room of the Island Paper Company in Carthage.  Located on an island in the Black River between Carthage and West Carthage. A large horizontal steam engine is in operation. Pictured among the men are Ed Allen and Chet Erhart. Circa 1916. Carthage, NY. Donated by Jim Smith of Carthage, NY. Courtesy […]

Exterior of a sulphite processing building owned by the Island Paper Company in Carthage. Located on an island in the Black River between Carthage and West Carthage. Among the men pictured are Ray and James Champion. Circa 1916. Carthage, NY. Donated by Jim Smith of Carthage, NY. Courtesy of the Town of Wilna Historian’s Office […]

The ground wood mill (used to grind pulp wood for processing into paper) of the Island Paper Company. Located on an island in the Black River between Carthage and West Carthage. Pictured are Sandy Rivers, William Carter, and James Champion. Circa 1916. Carthage, NY. Donated by Jim Smith of Carthage, NY. Courtesy of the Town […]

Excavation work at Blake hydro-electric generating station in Parishville by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. Circa early 1950s.  Parishville N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.

Pulp Mill in McKeever. Railroad tracks run in front of it. Finished paper bundled for shipment sits on loading dock. Pulp logs can be seen piled in the background. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. McKeever, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

The interior of one of the Horseshoe Forestry Company’s sugar houses with metal walls and marble or stone floor. Four maple syrup evaporators at front, several men at two of the evaporators in the background. Metal arches with sheet metal smoke stacks coming from the back.  Evaporator pans on the arches with sap collecting buckets […]