Coast Guard buoy tender the “White Lupine” breaking ice in St. Lawrence River, between Ogdensburg and Lake Ontario. Buoys were being placed in anticipation of April opening of the Seaway. Circa 1960. Ogdensburg, NY. Originally in the Ogdensburg Advance Journal.
Construction of Heuvelton’s first concrete bridge using wooden forms, replacing a steel truss bridge over Oswegatchie River. 1916. Heuvelton, NY.
R.E. Cleveland Cold Storage facility on West Street, with refrigerated wooden box cars from Merchants Dispatch Transportation Company. Circa 1910. Canton, NY.
Steamer in Clayton, operated by Thousand Islands Steamboat Company. Circa 1900-1910. Clayton, NY.
Shooting the Long Sault rapids on a two engine side wheeler steamer, the Sovereign. These were the biggest freshwater rapids in the world before the Saint Lawrence Seaway was built (in the 1950s-60s). Circa 1910-1920. Near Massena, NY.
National Hotel taxi outside the hotel. Elmer Bradway was the owner of the hotel when this photo was taken in 1899. Carthage, NY.
Dominic Condino’s first truck being used to haul stone from a local quarry. Dominic Condino owned Carthage Auto Supply Company. Circa 1920s. Carthage, NY. From a booklet written by Dudley Danielson called “Carthage, NY – 1785-1980.”
Building the new bridge on Depot Road. Circa 1900. Natural Bridge, NY. Donated by J. Wicks and J. Pelligrino.
Sunday Rock being moved for the second time by Cal Sherman’s construction company in 1965. It was moved because the state was widening State Highway 56. Photo was taken in front of Elmer Watson’s barn. Colton, NY. For more information, check out this article on the significance of Sunday Rock in Colton.
Riverside Drive under construction in 1924. Early Northwest track hoe in operation. Colton, NY.
