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Inside the “power plant” at Wilna Machine in Carthage

Inside the “power plant” at Wilna Machine in Carthage

Workers, covered in soot and  holding shovels, stand in front of the coal (?)-powered furnaces. These fires heated the forges of Wilna Machine, a machine shop located near the Carthage paper mills. Circa 1890-1900. Carthage, NY.

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