Town highway department operating a steam drill. The stationary engine (left) runs the drill (right). Water had to be constantly pumped into the engine using water barrels. Circa 1900-1910. Town of De Kalb, NY.
Town road crew using a stone crusher to make gravel for roads (right) and dump wagon to haul the rocks (to the left of the stone crusher). Circa 1900-1910. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photograph by Robert Woodward.
Moving a barn using wooden rollers, a common way to move post and beam buildings before there were power lines. Circa 1910-1920s. Town of De Kalb, NY.
An early steam roller being used on Hermon Street in De Kalb Junction. 1915. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photograph by Robert Woodward.
Three workers from the town road crew using a steam drill on school hill. 1910. De Kalb Junction, NY. Photograph by Robert Woodward.
The work crew employed to construct some of the buildings for the Carbola Chemical Company Mine and Plant, which was located in the village of Natural Bridge in the Town of Diana, Lewis County. Circa 1900-1910. Natural Bridge, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about the Carbola Chemical Company.
Portrait of WPA (Work Projects Administration) workers who were digging deep water holes for fire protection. Carrol Gazin on the far right in bib overalls. Circa 1935-43. Harrisville, NY.
Demolition of Fire Hall in progress in Harrisville. 2008. Harrisville, NY.
Workers laying the first concrete road through Harrisville in front of Gardner’s Market, circa the early 1930s. Harrisville, NY.
Building a concrete road through Harrisville. Pictured are three men working, a cement mixer on some form of track. The men are mixing cement and pouring it into forms as they move along. Circa the early 1930s. Harrisville, NY.
