North Country At Work

Workers at the International Paper Company, in Harrisville, NY, 1905.

The International Paper Company in Harrisville, NY. Circa 1900.

Harrisville Lumber Company, circa 1891. Harrisville, NY.

Aerial shot of the lumber mill in Kalurah, the hamlet east of Harrisville, located in the Town of Pitcairn, NY. Photo by Keith Young Jr. Circa 1890.

Workers stand on a log flume used to bring logs into the mill at the Harrisville Lumber Company. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1900.

Building on the left is grist mill and boarding house; on the right is a cheese factory. Both part of the Jerden/Jordan Falls tannery operation, circa 1920. Town of Diana, NY.

Dam at the paper mill in Harrisville, NY. Men repairing dam, adding boards to pre-existing crib. Pennstock, also known as flume pipe, pictured on left, water diverted through this for hydro-power. Tannery on right and Dam Boarding House on left in background. Taken in 1905. H.L. Locke, photographer. Check out the North Country at Work […]

Madrid’s grist mill, owned by William B. Maloney, 1888 to 1894. Madrid, NY.

Exterior of the Evans Manufacturing Company, which made cast iron stoves and farm implements. It was destroyed by fire in 1912. The office pictured to the left is Lewis and Lewis, Inc. Circa 1900-1910. Hammond, NY.

Four men posing in front of the Edgar Shingle Mill in South Hammond. One holds a fiddle, another holds a shotgun. Circa 1900. Hammond, NY.