North Country At Work

Dexter Free Press, a Chandler & Price 8 x 12 letter press, treadle operated. The newspaper closed about 1945. Circa 1915-1930. Dexter, NY.

Dexter Sulfite Paper Mill pulpwood pile, donated by Marion Evans (she was village historian at one time). Circa 1940s. Dexter, NY.

Two-horse hitch pulling corn binder and farmer. Circa 1920. Dexter NY.

Ed Stone, using walking plow with mules. Circa 1915. Dexter NY.

Threshing in front of Pillar Point Barn. The  machine was probably steam or gasoline engine driven. Note straw and chaff being blown out beyond horses. Horses are hitched to wagon collecting cleaned grain. Circa 1910. Pillar Point, NY. For more information, check out this North Country at Work story about growing up on a family form […]

Jim Williams’ “Peerless” steam tractor.  Circa 1910. Pillar Point, NY.

Three-horse hitch grain binder, early 1930s, in Dexter NY.

Northwest cable power shovel and road construction worker on construction of South Shore road in Pillar Point. Loaned by Gordon Timerman of Dexter, from the collection of his aunt, Mrs. Cecile Williams. Circa 1939. Dexter, NY.

Grading, during construction of South Shore road in Pillar Point. Loaned by Gordon Timerman of Dexter, from the collection of his aunt, Mrs. Cecile Williams. Circa 1939. Dexter, NY.

Construction of South Shore road in Pillar Point. The bulldozer is removing rocks from Lake Ontario. The bulldozer blade is cable-controlled (it predates hydraulics, possibly a Caterpillar Deisel D9). Loaned by Gordon Timerman of Dexter, from the collection of his aunt, Mrs. Cecile Williams. Circa 1939. Dexter, NY.