Building the seawall (a retaining wall to minimize erosion) at Crescent Park on the Oswegatchie River, using a steam-powered engine operating unidentified type of equipment. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1900.
Hiram and Eugene Cole’s sugar house, with wood supply, near the Oswegatchie River in the Town of Diana, NY. Note sled for skidding out sap with horses. Circa 1900.
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.
Construction of Heuvelton’s hydropower dam. Circa 1923. Heuvelton, NY.
James Mayne and John Griffiths spear fishing on the old Heuvelton dam. Circa 1915. Heuvelton, NY.
View of Van Heuvel’s grist mills on the banks of the Oswegatchie. The mill burned down on Feb 11, 1901. Circa 1890s. Heuvelton, NY.
View of Heuvelton’s State Street, which includes a carriage maker’s shop and the town’s covered bridge, built in the early 1860s. Circa late 1860s. 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.
Unidentified workers in front of a Heuvelton sawmill, which was river-powered. Circa 1870s. Heuvelton, NY.
