North Country At Work

Two men at their desks inside the Stella Mines Company Office. Circa 1900-1910. Town of De Kalb, NY.

Team of two white horses pulling a bobsled (with only one bob, or runner), piled with firewood. Circa 1890-1900. Keene Valley, NY in Essex County. (Unidentified men.)

Art Rivers pulling out the last retort at the Gas House in Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1920. Wondering what a “retort” is? It’s a vessel that was used in the distillation/manufacturing of gas from other materials (e.g., coal).

Factory using a giant steam engine (on left) which powers all the factory equipment, including an electric dynamo to generate electricity. Workers posed in front of steam engine. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1900.

Early construction work on the power dam, Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1910.

Last day in Ogdensburg Gas Works Company, Ogdensburg, NY. Art Rivers on left, middle unknown, Ike Eldridge on right. Circa 1920s.

Halco gas trucks, owned by the George Hall Corporation, parked in front of Calso Gasoline plant in Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1960.

Hammond Light and Power House, pictured are Norris and Fred Soper. Steam turbine pictured in foreground. Circa 1910-1920. Hammond, NY.

Unidentified men beside oil truck from Gates Oil Company, run by R.N. Gates. March 13, 1929. Photo donated by Clarence Buchanan. Great Bend, NY.

Building a concrete dam. Note wooden forms. 1910. Great Bend, NY.