North Country At Work

Firefighters at work fighting a fire at the Grove apartments. Circa 1990s. Heuvelton, NY.

Firefighters extinguishing a barn fire in the night. Circa 1990s. Heuvelton, NY.

Firefighters putting out a fire on a barge which was partially sunken in the St. Lawrence River near the ACCO manufacturing plant, just outside Ogdensburg. 1978. Ogdensburg, NY.

Unidentified people of Heuvelton in front of Hurlbut and Preston’s Boot and Shoe Parlor, which was located on Main Street in  Heuvelton, next to Pickens Hall. Circa 1890s. 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.

Staged photograph of a Heuvelton lumber mill (on left), and the multiple-storied Van Heuvel’s Grist Mill on right, which was built in 1829. Man on the far left is poling in an Adirondack skiff. Circa 1880. Heuvelton, NY.

Fred Baxter and Howard Crowe standing on top of a major haystack. A turkey range house can be seen in the foreground. Circa 1900. Heuvelton, NY. Check out our story on Heuvelton’s past as “turkey central”

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.