Group of men pose carrying an iron rail. Newly laid ties in foreground still have bark on them. Logging railroads were built quickly to haul logs out of the woods. They were meant to be short lived. Probably for the Mac-a-Mac Lumber Co. Written on photo: “BUILDING A RAILROAD IN THE FOREST. BRANDRETH LAKE.” Photograph […]
Building a railroad during the construction of the New York State Barge Canal. A dam built for this project created the Hinckley Reservoir. Written on photograph: “BUILDING RAILROAD, B.C. DAM. HINCKLEY. N.Y. NO. 14.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Hinckley, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Horse pulls an engine on the Raquette Lake Railway. The train ran out of water two miles outside of Raquette Lake. The engine was separated from cars to lighten load for trip to water tank, but couldn’t ‘make it the whole way so it had to be pulled back by horse. Aug 20, 1908. Raquette […]
A railroad crew standing on and around locomotive engine #1228. One man holds an oilcan, another a coal shovel. One man is dressed in a suit and tie, the others appear to be railroad employees. Shelter of Lake Clear Junction is visible behind engine. 1910-1920. Lake Clear, NY. Donated by Bruce Flaherty, courtesy of the […]
Workers of the Crown Point Iron Company railroad stand by tracks with track repair tools in hand. Early wood fired locomotive with tender and one passenger car can be seen behind them. The rail repair car is labeled “C. P. I. C. R.” Crown Point Iron Company Railroad.1870- 1880. May be in Ironville, NY. Courtesy […]
Village of Cranberry Lake, elevated tracks of the Grasse River Railroad wind through a massive lumber yard. Photograph by Fynmore Studios. 1922. Cranberry Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Men loading logs onto railroad flatcar. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. 1910. McKeever in the Town of Webb, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Railroad bridge over the Ausable Chasm, completed in 1890. Train is stopped on bridge; workmen posing on top of train. Photograph by G.F. Martin. Around 1890. Keeseville, NY. Donated by John Fritzinger Jr., courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Men laying wooden ties for a logging railroad. Photograph by H.R. Huested. Circa 1910-1920. Piercefield, NY.
Loading a burlap-wrapped Christmas tree onto a flatbed car at the depot in Thendara. The tree, donated by the Adirondack League Club, was the first Christmas tree to be set up in Times Square in New York City. Men in picture, left to right: Peter Zimmer, Merle White, Lewis L. Grant and James Scanlon. Circa […]
