Jim “JR” Hoyt Jr. readies slopes for skiing at Whiteface Mountain, where he is the ski patrol director. Photo by Rob Ickowski. November 2017. Wilmington, NY. Click here to check out our story on ski patroller Rick Wood.
Whiteface ski patroller Richard “Rick” Wood at the mountain’s summit. Photo by Meghan Felser. 2015. Wilmington, NY. Click here to check out our story on ski patroller Rick Wood.
Campus Security, now called University Police, not only use their patrol cars, but also have bicycles to patrol through many areas of the campus, including those than cannot be patrolled by car. Here an officer uses a bicycle to descend the long ramp leading from the Crane Center patio area. Circa 1980-1990. Potsdam, NY.
Officer Jordan Nason of the Tupper Lake Police Department with JD, the TLPD’s K-9 Unit. 2017. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Tupper Lake Police Department. Read our full North Country at Work story and interview with Tupper Lake Police Department Police Chief Eric Proulx here.
Officer Tom Proulx in a Tupper Lake Police Department vehicle. 1978. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Tupper Lake Police Department. Read the full North Country at Work story and interview with Tupper Lake Police Department Police Chief Eric Proulx here.
Eric Proulx shows off the inside of a TLPD cruiser, one of two Ford Interceptor SUVs. Each has a radio, computer, lighting equipment and sirens, plus a patrol rifle, shotgun and a radar unit in the front. Gear stored in the back includes a medical bag, road flares, cones, measuring tape and a defibrillator. 2017. […]
Harry Wilson on his mail route, driving a team of horses. Circa 1920s. Essex County. Photo courtesy of Dan Berggren. The full story on mail carriers of the Adirondacks, from wagons to boats, and inclement weather, can be read here.
Jeff Hunt’s crew cleaning up after the 1998 Ice Storm, which blacked out a region from northern New York across southeastern Ontario and Quebec (as far north as Montreal), and across northern New England. Power outages lasted as long as 3 weeks in some areas. Judd’s Farm on Farnes Road in Canton, NY. June of 1998.
Niagara Mohawk worker cutting branches tangled in wire during the ice storm of January 1998. At the Judd’s Farm outside Canton. The ice storm blacked out a region from northern New York across southeastern Ontario and Quebec (as far north as Montreal), and across northern New England. Power outages lasted as long as 3 weeks […]
Man stands next to the first snow plow used on the Ogdensburg-Canton Road, which was a Fordson tractor rigged for plowing. Note chains on back tires. Circa 1923 to 1924. Canton, NY.
