Type of Work: Transportation

Boat in the Ogdensburg Port

Grain elevator and boats at the Port in Ogdensburg

Ogdensburg Port featuring the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad Company Grain Elevator in background. The elevator was filled with grain and emptied by gravity into boats to export to cities elsewhere. Boat is named the Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain R.R. Line. 1890. Ogdensburg.

The Hickory Post Office in Macomb

The Hickory Post Office in Macomb

Postmaster Michael Ingram and his wife Catherine in front of the Hickory Post Office, which served the Hickory Lake area in the town of Macomb. 1900. Macomb, NY.

Construction of a trestle bridge in the town of De Kalb

Construction of a trestle bridge in the town of De Kalb

Nine men holding tools stand on a wooden trestle bridge across Tanner Creek near Stellaville, a hamlet of De Kalb. The bridge was part of the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad. Four women and a man sitting in a horse-drawn wagon are on the ground next to the bridge. The bridge is under construction, and […]

Engine and coach derailment in De Kalb

Engine and coach derailment in De Kalb

Engine and coach derailment at a yard road crossing. Identified people from left to right: Engr Tull, Supt Timmerman, Al Farr, and P.L. Walker. March 1910. De Kalb, NY.

Construction at the train depot in Gouverneur

Construction at the train depot in Gouverneur

The stationmaster is standing beside the Gouverneur train depot. Between the building and train tracks a man works on the construction of a concrete platform. The flagman’s house now at the Adirondack Museum stands beside the water tower. Behind the tower is the engine house in the background. Circa 1920. Gouverneur, NY.