Tag: sawmill

Claude Colton’s sawmill yard in Oswegatchie

Claude Colton’s sawmill yard in Oswegatchie

Outside Claude Colton’s sawmill on the Little River. A man stands on a load of lumber drawn by a team of horses. Two men hold a board ready to add it to a pile of stickered lumber. The village of Oswegatchie is in the background. Circa 1915. Oswegatchie, NY.

Workers outside sawmill on the Little River in Fine

Workers outside sawmill on the Little River in Fine

Workers and horses in the yard outside the sawmill on the Little River with storage farm and office, built by J. Colby. Later owners were John Truin, J. La Jane, Coltons, and W. Trudo. Circa 1900. Fine, NY.

Sawmill yard in Newton Falls

Sawmill yard in Newton Falls

Exterior of a sawmill in Newton Falls. Pictured in the yard are wagon hitches, horses, stumps of cut trees. On the left is the entrance to the sawmill and milled lumber. Circa 1890. Newton Falls, NY. Photo by Dwight Seog.

Planing mill and employees in Canton

Grasse River planing mill and employees in Canton

Planing mill owned by a Mr. Hefferman, located on the Grasse River in Canton. Workers are posed between the mill and railroad tracks. One worker stands atop a load of lumber on a wagon with a horse hitched to it. 1900-1910. Canton, NY.

Sawmill workers with coal-fired steam locomotive near Harrisville

Posed shot of Ingraham’s Mill (a sawmill and lumber operation), pictured are six workers on and around a coal fired steam locomotive, probably used to move things about the yard. In the Town of Diana, NY, between Harrisville and Natural Bridge. Circa 1890-1900.