Loggers holding peaveys riding a rail car loaded with logs. This train was used exclusively for bringing logs out of the woods (note small engine). Circa 1890-1900. Benson Mines, NY. Photographer: C.E. Runions. Related story, here.
Sawmill workers posed on loading dock with rail car loaded with sawn beams. Circa 1890-1900. Benson Mines, NY. Related story, here.
Loggers holding peaveys, which were used to roll and move logs, posed on a rail car used to move logs and sawn lumber. Circa 1890-1900. Benson Mines, NY. Photographer: C.E. Runions. Related story, here.
A shipment of rolls of paper being drawn by horses on a winter sled. Circa 1910-1920. Donated by Town of Champion. Great Bend, NY.
Interior view of unidentified sulfite mill. Circa 1900. Dexter, NY.
Lumberjacks with log scaling tools. 1930s. Donated by Ralph Kelly. Somewhere near Saranac Lake, NY.
Lumberjacks posing in front of a horsedrawn ice machine. Circa 1930. Donated by the Sheldon family. Other photos from the family picture activities in Clinton and Franklin counties. This photo was taken at an unknown Adirondack location. Related story on ice harvesting, here.
Exterior of Jefferson Paper Mill on the Black River. This was a hydropower operation. Circa 1910. Black River, NY
Logs were unloaded and floated to the mill on the canal. The train is stopped on a wooden trestle crossing the canal. Circa 1900. Dexter, NY.
Putting the new digester into the sulfite paper mill. The previous digester blew up in 1903. Circa 1900s. Dexter, NY.
