North Country At Work

A Bulldozer is used to flatten the ground for the construction of the highway bypass after the Potsdam Depot was moved. 1980. Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum.

Two workers look like they’re talking by the steel framework that was used to move the Potsdam Depot to make room for the new bypass highway, to ease congestion of traffic in the town. 1980. Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum. T- Workers talking by the steel framework used to move the Potsdam Depot […]

Worker at the Potsdam moving site walks away from the building carrying tools. In 1980 the Potsdam Depot, now Mama Lucia’s, was moved to make way for the new bypass highway around downtown, to ease congestion of traffic. Potsdam NY. 1980. Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum.

Workers lay the steel framework that were to be used to hoist up and move the Potsdam Depot. In 1980 the Potsdam Depot, now Mama Lucia’s, was moved to make way for the new bypass highway around downtown, to ease congestion of traffic. Potsdam NY. 1980. Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum.

The Potsdam Depot was moved using a steel framework that was placed underneath it and then hoisted up. . In 1980 the Potsdam Depot, now Mama Lucia’s, was moved to make way for the new bypass highway around downtown, to ease congestion of traffic. Potsdam NY. 1980 Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum.

Two men stand outside of the Potsdam Depot before its move. In 1980 the Potsdam Depot, now Mama Lucia’s, was moved to make way for the new bypass highway around downtown, to ease congestion of traffic One Man is on crutches. 1980 Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum.

Train outside the Depot in Potsdam, NY. In 1980 the Potsdam Depot, now Mama Lucia’s, was moved to make way for the new bypass highway around downtown, to ease congestion of traffic. Potsdam NY. 1980. Photo courtesy of the Potsdam Public Museum.

Howard Riley was born in a farmhouse in 1930 in Gabriels. Eventually, their family moved to Saranac Lake, where his father found work at Trudeau Sanatorium. After graduating from high school in 1948, Howard started working full-time as a taxi driver.

Moving Salamy’s grocery store, located on the corner of Park St. and Boyer Ave. Note the building in on cribbing and the old foundation is on the foreground. 1957. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

An Oval Wood Dish Company Linn tractor carrying cargo in the back and passengers in the front. Circa 1920. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.