Sawmill storage yard in Natural Bridge
Storage yard at steam sawmill. Circa 1910s. Natural Bridge, NY.
Type of Work: Logging
Cardboard coming off the dryer roll at Mallard and Rice Box Factory in Copenhagen
Cardboard coming off the dryer roll at the Mallard and Rice Box Factory, Copenhagen, NY. Circa 1900-1910.
Drying paper in the Mallard and Rice Box Factory in Copenhagen
Felt paper drying machine in the Mallard and Rice Box Factory, Copenhagen, NY. Circa 1900-1910.
Higley Falls log jam on Raquette River near Colton
Higley Falls log jam on Raquette River, circa 1900, Colton, NY. Related article on logging here.
Group picture of log drivers in Colton
Log drivers, circa 1900, Colton, NY. Related article on logging here.
Hauling logs with Big Mike and Jerry in Colton
Big Mike and Jerry (horses’ names) ready to haul logs, 1918, Colton, NY. Teamster unknown. Related story on logging in Colton here.
Pulling a logging skidway icer in Colton
A team of draft horses pulling a skidway icer. The machine is a box on skis holding a barrel of hot water. As it was pulled the icer “lay” water in a thin stream which hardened into ice, creating a slippery surface–easier for horses to pull logs and sleighs out of the woods. Circa 1900 around Colton, […]
Horses pulling load of pulp logs in Colton
An enormous load of pulp wood being pulled by horses, circa 1900, Colton, NY. Related story on Colton logging here.
Log jam during the spring drive in Parishville
Log Jam in the Town of Parishville, NY, on the Raquette River at the hamlet of Blake, around the turn of the century. Related logging story here.
Early logging truck near Colton
Logging truck in Colton, NY. A real change from the horse-drawn bob sleds used just ten and twenty years beforehand. 1920s. Related story on early logging here.