North Country At Work

Bob Eldridge in Eldridge’s Garage. Circa 1980s. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Passengers aboard an unknown steamer on the Piseco Lake. Circa 1890-1910. Piseco Lake in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

James Higgins’ filling station on Lake Piseco. Circa 1920s-1930s. Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Cleaning up the Encon helicopter crash at Pillsbury Mountain. Circa 1968. Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Clean-up of Encon helicopter crash at Pillsbury Mountain. Circa 1968. Arietta, NY. Photo 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.

New York and Ogdensburg Railway (NYOG) receiving a delivery of windmill blades at Norwood Junction from CSX Transportation. Norwood, NY.  Circa 2011. Photo by Kevin Burkholder. Photo submitted by Jerome Hebda.

Drone photo of a rail car delivery of ammonium nitrate solution to Maxin, a company which makes explosives used in mining operations. Circa 2016. Ogdensburg, NY. Photographer Kevin Burkholder. Photo submitted by Jerome Hebda.

Fly ash being trans-loaded from rail cars to trucks at Seaway Bulk Services for Quebec delivery. The rail cars arrived from Missouri. Circa 2015. Ogdensburg, NY. Photo by Jerome Hebda.

Unloading windmill blades at the Port of Ogdensburg. Pictured from left : Fikret Kukavic – manager, Jim Armstrong – conductor, Dustin Baxter – brakeman, Tony Zeledon – mechanic, and Mike Streit – engineer. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 2011. Photo by J. Hebda.