North Country At Work

Photo taken from hill above  the Newton Falls Paper Mill complex of buildings. The plant opened in 1896. Circa 1900. Newton Falls, NY.

Exterior shot of the Benson Mines Magnetic Ore Concentrator. The sky is filled with smoke from the ore processing operations. A grist mill is situated in the foreground next to a raised railroad track used to bring iron ore into the plant. 1901. Benson Mines, NY. Real Photo Postcard by Henry M. Beach. Check out […]

Employees posing outside Sullivan’s Lumber Mill next to and on a large pile of wood scraps. Circa 1880s. Canton, NY. Photo taken and printed by the F.J. McCormick Photo Studio, photo donated to the SLCHA by Florence Howard.

Interior of the Baxter Foundry, featuring two blacksmiths and lots of tools. Wooden molds for casting are hung on the back wall; the wooden molds were pressed into sand, removed, and metal poured into the imprint. Can see part of the process in action with the man on the right. Circa 1890. Canton, NY.

The exterior of a cheese factory at Pierce’s Corners, an area in southwestern Macomb. Three men stand at entrance to the factory, next to a poster for the St. Lawrence County Fair in Canton, NY, from September 17-20, 1912. Milk receiving platform on right. 1912. Pierce’s Corners in the town of Macomb, NY.

The Cheese Factory at Brasie Corners, a hamlet of the town Macomb. The factory was owned by Albert Hazelton. Pictured is Mr. Hazelton and his son Arnold, daughter Lois, and a hired helper, standing in front of the cheese factory and next to a large wooden water holding tank used to supply water to the […]

Exterior of Pope’s Saw and Grist Mill, and the yard in front of it, which is full of slabwood and milled lumber. The mill was run by the Pope family from 1816 to 1927. Old grange hall can be seen at background left. Circa 1900. Pope Mills in the town of Macomb, NY.

Workers from McDermott’s Milk Plant, posing on the loading dock, where farmers dropped off their five gallon milk cans – a worker in sitting on one on the left of the photo. McDermott’s later became the Sheffield Milk Plant in Canton. Circa 1920s. Canton.

Charles Lenox and his wife Phoebe Smith-Lenox inside the Ruby Corners Cheese Factory. They stand behind a large tank filled with  blocks of cheese curd. Circa 1910. Ruby Corners in the town of Macomb, NY.

A worker dressed in an apron stands outside the Lawrenceville Butter Mill in Lawrenceville, a hamlet in the town of Lawrence. Circa 1900-1910. Lawrenceville, NY.