Type of Work: Transportation |

Vulcan steam engine operator in Dexter

Vulcan steam engine and operator, circa 1930. Dexter, NY.

Unloading logs to float down the Dexter mill canal

Logs were unloaded and floated to the mill on the canal. The train is stopped on a wooden trestle crossing the canal. Circa 1900. Dexter, NY.

Train plowing snow in Dexter

A snowplow was attached to an engine to clear away snow on the rail tracks. Circa 1940s. Dexter, NY.

Railroad engine used to anchor bridge in Dexter

An engine was parked on a railroad bridge to prevent the bridge from washing away during the flood of 1910 or 1913. Dexter, NY.

Building the short dam in Dexter

Building the short dam over the north channel of the Black River, near where it empties into the Black River Bay of Lake Ontario. Circa 1910. Dexter, NY.

Leander Soule at the tiller of his ferry in Sackets Harbor

Leander Soule’s ferry ran between Pillar Point and Sackets Harbor for many years around the turn of the century. Circa 1900. Photo from Town and Country, which published it on 9/20/72. Sackets Harbor, NY.

Soule’s ferry out of Sackets Harbor

Leander Soule’s ferry out of Sackets Harbor. Circa 1900. Sackets Harbor, NY.

Building the highway between Limerick and Dexter

Building Dexter to Limerick highway, August 8, 1964. Dexter, NY.

William Street in downtown Dexter

William Street in 1912. Dexter, NY.

Delivering tourist trunks to New York Central Depot in Dexter

Hackman Eugene G. Clark and baggage man Weston Gould with a load of trunks to be delivered to the New York Central Depot. Donated by Wallace B. Sloat, published in the Watertown Daily Times. Circa 1882. Dexter, NY.