North Country At Work

Dump truck with hard rubber tires in Dexter, NY.

Building Stone Road in Dexter. Workers covering tar by hand. Photo taken by Geraldine Stone in front of her home. Circa 1922. Dexter, NY.

Tarvia truck spreading tar. Circa 1920. Dexter NY.

Northwest cable power shovel and road construction worker on construction of South Shore road in Pillar Point. Loaned by Gordon Timerman of Dexter, from the collection of his aunt, Mrs. Cecile Williams. Circa 1939. Dexter, NY.

Grading, during construction of South Shore road in Pillar Point. Loaned by Gordon Timerman of Dexter, from the collection of his aunt, Mrs. Cecile Williams. Circa 1939. Dexter, NY.

Construction of South Shore road in Pillar Point. The bulldozer is removing rocks from Lake Ontario. The bulldozer blade is cable-controlled (it predates hydraulics, possibly a Caterpillar Deisel D9). Loaned by Gordon Timerman of Dexter, from the collection of his aunt, Mrs. Cecile Williams. Circa 1939. Dexter, NY.

Construction of South Shore road in Pillar Point by Hudson Valley Contruction Co.using Northwest backhoe. Loaned by Gordon Timerman of Dexter, from the collection of his aunt, Mrs. Cecile Williams. Circa 1939. Dexter, NY.

Construction of South Shore road in Pillar Point. Bulldozer pulling pan type land leveler. Loaned by Gordon Timerman of Dexter, from the collection of his aunt, Mrs. Cecile Williams. Circa 1939. Pillar Point, NY.

Construction of the village park in Philadelphia, Crescent Park. Circa 1910s. Philadelphia, NY.

Panorama of power dam construction. Circa 1923. Heuvelton, NY.