In 1961, the summer before Carl McLaughlin’s freshman year in high school, he moved with his family to the Moshier Falls Dam on the Beaver River, in the Town of Webb in Herkimer County. Carl’s father worked for Niagara Mohawk and was responsible for the maintenance of the hydro station. The whole family lived in […]
Seven employees at work in the Electric Light Building, designed by Louis Wetmore. Circa 1930. Ridge Street, Glens Falls. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
A man and a woman working in an office of the Electric Light Building, designed by Louis Wetmore. Circa 1930. Ridge Street, Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
Niagara Mohawk worker inside the steel “snail shell” that directs water against turbine blades, also known as a penstock. South Colton hydro-electric plant on the Raquette River, now owned by Brookfield Power. Photo taken by Niagara Mohawk News circa 1953. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society
Carpenters constructing the form for a draft tube, which carries exhaust flow from the main turbine, at the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. Circa 1950s. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society
South Colton Station, one of the hydro-electric plants in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1954. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society
Meryl Morris (resident engineer) and Alan Willard (assistant resident engineer) look at blueprints during final stage of construction on South Colton Hydro-Electric Plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1954. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society
Workman gives the turbine at the end of the penstock a final once over. South Colton Station, one of the hydro-electric plants in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1954. South Colton N.Y. Photo: Colton Historical Society.
Using an air compressor on the site of the South Colton hydro-electric plant, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1953. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society, photo credit to Niagara Mohawk News.
Forms in place for pouring concrete at the intake of Rainbow Falls dam, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1955. South Colton, NY. Photo: Colton Historical Society.
