North Country At Work

Unidentified family standing in front of G.A. Rebyor & Son International Harvester Power Farm Equipment truck. Circa 1915. Philadelphia, NY.

Interior of the Hubbard Garage showroom floor, unidentified employees pictured with Fordson tractor and Model T car. Circa 1920. Philadelphia, NY.

Panorama of power dam construction. Circa 1923. Heuvelton, NY.  

Panorama of construction of Heuvelton’s first concrete bridge. Large building at right was the Preston building, which included at one time a funeral parlor. 1916. Heuvelton, NY.

M4 Sherman tank in downtown Heuvelton, NY as part of U.S. Army “Snowfall” winter maneuvers in the 1952. Circa February 1952. Heuvelton, NY.

Horse drawn grain binder in transport position. Binders would be moved from farm to farm and used to bind grain, so that each individual farmer need not own one. Dump rake on fence. Circa 1880s. Heuvelton, NY.

Unidentified men laying a concrete road using a cement machine. Circa 1920s. Heuvelton, NY.

The Heuvelton peat dredge, which was briefly used to bring up peat from Black Lake as fuel for the town’s mill, was not a very successful operation, as the dredge sank at the juncture of the Oswegatchie River and Black Lake. Circa 1905. Heuvelton, NY.

Pictured is a threshing machine for oats. An unidentified man feeds oats in at one side, the finished grain is deposited into a wheel barrow, and is finally moved via elevator into the building on the right. August, 1962. Heuvelton, NY.

Unidentified man harvesting oats with a grain binder. August, 1962. Heuvelton, NY.