North Country At Work

Dexter flour and feed mill, circa 1890. Dexter, NY.

Sash and Blind employees. Front row from left: Winfield Bailey, William Aaron Dillenback, George Winegar, William Fletcher and Nelson Bayley. Back row: E.B. Dillenback, Greenleaf Penny, Ed Winegar, Frank Tucker, James Crabb and Alfred Rhines. Loaned by Nora Dillenback. Circa 1880. Dexter, NY.

This portrait of the workers at the VanDuzee Furniture Manufacturing Company was taken circa 1900-1910 in Gouverneur, NY.

Loading for a shot at the Frontenac Mill. January 1925. Dexter, NY.  

Draft tube forms at Frontenac Mill. Winter 1925. Dexter, NY What were these used for?

Stone was quarried near the mill to build the tail race. January 1925. Dexter, NY

Excavating for the tail race on the Frontenac Mill using a steam shovel. Summer 1927. Dexter, NY.

Building the 20-foot tall cribs at the Frontenac Mill. January 1925. Dexter, NY.

Interior of Leonard and Gilmore Sash and Blind company, previously a failed woolen mill. Standing in front is Charles Moyer. In rear, from left to right are: Herbert Coe, William Leonard and William Gladwin. Donated by J.L. Chidester, Dexter undertaker, to the Watertown Daily Times in 1940. Circa 1880. Dexter, NY.

Interior of Dexter Sulfite Mill. Circa 1942. Dexter, NY