Type of Work: Manufacturing, Mills, and Factories

Box factory in Philadelphia

Exterior of box factory, with workers, including Willard Steele (standing to right of man sitting on stump). Circa 1885. Philadelphia, NY.

Chair factory in Philadelphia

This exterior of a chair factory from about 1900 shows how factories used the river to bring logs in via a chute. Dam in foreground. Circa 1900. Philadelphia, NY.

Sawmill in Heuvelton

Unidentified workers in front of a Heuvelton sawmill, which was river-powered. Circa 1870s. Heuvelton, NY.

Van Heuvel Grist Mill in Heuvelton

Staged photograph of a Heuvelton lumber mill (on left), and the multiple-storied Van Heuvel’s Grist Mill on right, which was built in 1829. Man on the far left is poling in an Adirondack skiff. Circa 1880. Heuvelton, NY.

McFadden & Anderson Grist Mill employees in Heuvelton

Grist mill workers pictured from left to right: John Craword, Jr., Charles P. Anderson, Harlan Smithers, William Smith. The store was owned by George C. McFadden, who bought it in 1887 to establish a grist mill and feed store. The building was erected in 1853 at the northwest end of the bridge on State Street […]

Inside the McFadden & Anderson Mill in Heuvelton

Inside the McFadden & Anderson Mill (a grist and flour mill) with Otis Dewan. The building was constructed in 1853 by N.F. Giffin. Note the overhead light, which would have been new at the time this photo was taken. Circa 1900-1910. Heuvelton, NY.