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Interior of Dexter Sulphite Mill in Dexter

Interior of Dexter Sulphite Mill. Circa 1942. Dexter, NY

Dexter Sulphite Mill workers in Dexter

Dexter Sulphite Mill workers. Circa 1940. Dexter, NY. With the photo, we have the following list of names. A generous contributor has helped identify some of them, but if you know any more, please reach out to [email protected]. Charles Hayes, Superintendent Jack Farrel, Schenller (sic, Schneller?) — do you know what this title meant? (In […]

Sulphite Mill bosses and workers in Dexter

Employees in Dexter Sulphite Mill, which was the first in the US to make pulp through a chemical process using sulfuric acid, called the Mitscherlich process. Donated by Bernard Burke. Circa 1900. Dexter, NY. Editor’s Note: The information below was taken from an article we scanned from the Dexter Historical Association. We cannot find an […]

View of Sulphite Mill in Dexter

View of Dexter Sulphite Mill from Black River. Circa 1900. Dexter, NY.

Dexter Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co. truck in Dexter

Dexter Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co. truck moving finished paper. Circa 1940s. Dexter, NY.

Sulphite Mill after digester blew up in Dexter

Sulphite Mill after digester blew up in Dexter January 18, 1903. Donated by Laura Parsons in Dexter. Photographer: G.A. Prime of Dexter. 1903. Dexter, NY.

Cutting room at Taggert Mill in Glen Park

Taggert Mill (located about 3 miles down the road from Dexter) is one of the many paper mills that lined the Black River. Circa 1890s. Dexter, NY.

Panoramic view of St. Lawrence and Frontenac Mills in Dexter

Showing St. Lawrence and Frontenac Mills on the Black River, photo taken from Sulphite Mill roof. Circa early 1900s. Dexter, NY.

View of Dexter looking northwest from Fish Island

View of Dexter looking northwest from Fish Island, which was the original name of Dexter. (People went fishing at this location.) Notice the river channel in foreground, crossed by steel “short bridge.” The Sulphite Paper mill is in the left background. The canal that goes through downtown is visible on right. Company houses in center […]

J.A McWayne block and F.W. Winn building in Dexter

J.A. McWayne block: dry goods and general merchandise on left; short covered bridge; F. W. Winn building general store, at right rear; J.T. Wood Store, boots, shoes, groceries and drugs, hides and skins, and pork packers, right front; Mill Canal, foreground. Information on stores from History of Dexter, NY, compiled by Marion H. Evans, village […]