Type of Work: Technical Trades

Walter Benedict on Ironworking in Akwesasne

Walter Benedict started ironworking at the age of 17 and spent his career travelling the country to build skyscrapers. He said that ironworking was demanding, but just a job like any other.  Read or listen to his full North Country at Work story here.

Men working in a large round structure in Glens Falls

Men working in a large round structure in Glens Falls

Men working on repairs in a large round brick structure, April 15, 1973. Carl Atiyeh Photograph Collection, Prints Box 3 #0064, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, NY. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas and Zehia Atiyeh.  He graduated from Glens Falls High School and […]

Inside Cranker’s Machine Shop in Alexandria Bay

Inside Cranker’s Machine Shop in Alexandria Bay

Cranker’s Machine Shop on Mill Point. Cranker was a gunsmith and a toolmaker. He also made motors, and put the motor into the first fire boat in town. The shop closed in the 1960s. Circa 1940. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.