Workmen remove bags of Fly Ash at the Five Falls hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. From Niagara Mohawk News: These bags are placed in truck and hauled to the mixer where the fly ash is combined with cement to make a tough, strong concrete used in […]
Workman handles bags of Fly Ash at the Five Falls hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1955. South Colton. Photo: Colton Historical Society, photo credit to Niagara Mohawk News.
Surveying party taking measurements for Carry Falls hydro-electric plant in 1951. From Niagara Mohawk News: The crew is on an island where the first section of a cofferdam will be constructed. In the foreground is the west channel of the Raquette River. Beyond, clamshell and workers are seen making the initial excavation at one end […]
Pouring concrete in sub-freezing temperatures at the Carry Falls hydro-electric plant in 1952, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1952. Colton, N.Y. Photo: Colton Historical Society, photo credit to Niagara Mohawk News.
Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Control room at Brown Bridge, in the town of Pierrepoint, controls the upper Raquette River dams and Higley Flow. Circa 1950s. Pierrepoint N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Surge tank foundation and riser at the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1954. South Colton N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Early construction and excavation work on the Blake Falls hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1955. Parishville, NY. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
Construction at Blake hydro-electric plant in 1955, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1950s. Parishville, N.Y. Taken by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Central Division Photographic Department. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society.
