Tag: machinery

Construction of South Shore Road in Pillar Point

Construction of South Shore road in Pillar Point. Bulldozer pulling pan type land leveler. Loaned by Gordon Timerman of Dexter, from the collection of his aunt, Mrs. Cecile Williams. Circa 1939. Pillar Point, NY.

Snow plowing in Philadelphia

The plow is almost buried on Elm Ridge Road in Philadelphia. Note shadow of men in foreground. 1947. Philadelphia, NY. From Bodman Memorial Library Calenders, which used photos from the Philadelphia Historical Society’s archives.

New York Central rail yards in Philadelphia

Steam engine in Philadelphia rail yards. The town was a regional rail hub in the nineteenth and twentieth century. 1940. Philadelphia, NY. Related article on rail hub in Philadelphia here; the audio clip from that story is of Freida Kent, a Philadelphia native.

Woman farmer driving dump rake in Philadelphia

Woman driving wooden wheeled dump rake.Horse is wearing fly net to keep flies off as it worked. Circa 1920s. Philadelphia, NY area. Note windrow (you can see it through spokes of wheel). After dump raking, hay would either be picked up with a hayloader and put on wagons for off-loading in a hay mow, or […]