North Country At Work

Worker at construction site, building concrete block foundation. Worker is pictured casting a concrete beam. Circa 1940s. Essex County, NY.

Six-horse team pulling a road grader, cleaning ditches. Another two-horse team pulls a drag harrow. 1924. Simonds Hill on Lincoln Pond Road in Elizabethtown, NY.

Construction crew building the new County Jail in Elizabethtown, NY, circa 1900- 1910.

Moving tourist cabins to Route 37. 1955. Morristown, NY.

Moving a diner up to Route 37 in 1955. Nap & Jenny Brough were the owners. Note the plants still in their window boxes attached to the diner. 1955. Morristown, NY.

Train depot shot, including train crew on left, and an “excursion” tour group on the right, with a photographer holding his camera in the group. In front of them is a rail track worker with a sledge hammer over his shoulder. DeLack House hotel in background. Circa 1890s. Morristown, NY.

Road building outside Ogdensburg. Two workers holding pick axe and shovel. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1910.

Road construction workers putting curbing up for a sidewalk. Workers posed for photo holding their tools. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1880.

Demolition of city hall in Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1930.

Rebuilding city hall in Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1930.