North Country At Work

Marble quarry in Gouverneur, which was known as “Marble City” at the time. 1898. Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.

Construction of the Baptist Church took place in 1899 using locally quarried marble (Gouverneur was known as the Marble City). Gouverneur, NY.

Stone was quarried near the mill to build the tail race. January 1925. Dexter, NY

A quarry beside a river in Saint Lawrence County in NYS. Workmen are using an aerial winch to move boxes of crushed stone. Steam powered crusher in background, steam drill in use. Circa 1910.

Unidentified workers operating steam drills in a Gouverneur marble quarry sometime in the first decades of the 20th century. Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.

Lime quarry in Natural Bridge, NY. Date unknown.

Dominic Condino’s first truck being used to haul stone from a local quarry. Dominic Condino owned Carthage Auto Supply Company. Circa 1920s. Carthage, NY. From a booklet written by Dudley Danielson called “Carthage, NY – 1785-1980.”