Worker operates marble cutting diamond drill, which ran on track, in the St. Lawrence Marble Company quarry. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.
Worker at Saint Lawrence Marble Company with steam-powered diamond channeling machine,used to cut marble. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY.
Saint Lawrence Marble Company workers in Quarry One. Four steam drills working in unison along tracks to cut marble slabs – shows technique for cutting large marble slabs. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.
Workers stabilize slab as it is lifted from the quarry at Saint Lawrence Marble Company Quarry One, circa 1890-1900, Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.
A block gang—both men and oxen—at work with slab saw at St. Lawrence Marble Company quarry, circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY.
Workers on floor of Quarry One operated by St. Lawrence Marble Company. Note the staircase on left, and workers stabilizing block as it is lifted out of quarry. Steam drill on bottom right and bottom left. Circa 1900. Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.
This Main Street photo was taken during removal of a section of the marble sidewalk. Photograph by Nelson B. Winters, Town of Gouverneur Historian. October 11, 1995. Gouverneur, 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.
Taggert Mill (located about 3 miles down the road from Dexter) is one of the many paper mills that lined the Black River. Circa 1890s. Dexter, NY.
16 neighbors brought their tractors and plows to plow the 35-acre field of Sydney Lonsdale who had been ill for six weeks and couldn’t do his autumn plowing. Those who took part were: Paul Williams, Clifford Bowman, Harry Williams, Everett White, Chester Lee, Winfred Weaver, Emmett Poole, Ross Sykes, Frank Adams, Ernest Middlestate, Edwin Eveleigh, […]
