Historic Photos of Our Lumber History Gallery
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At the left is the Island Street bridge. At the right a Great Lakes freighter is being unloaded by dockwallopers. Photo: Courtesy of A. Daniel Bille, North Tonawanda City Historian |
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A Great Lakes Freighter arriving on the Niagara River during the lumber days. The lumber hooker L. L. Barth, owned by the Edward Mines Lumber Compnay, was one of many that towed schooner barges, also laden with lumber, from the Great Lakes down the Niagara River to the harbor of the Tonawandas. In 1890, more lumber was unloaded at the port of the Tonawandas than anywhere else in the world--753,672,000 board feet. Photo: Courtesy of George Trautman Collection Photo: Courtesy of A. Daniel Bille, North Tonawanda City Historian |
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Employees of the J. S. Bliss & Co. shingle mill take time out to pose on a pile of wood shavings for a photographer. Circa 1880's. The sounds of saws resounded throughout the Tonawandas in its many mills. Sawdust was everywhere. Often the mill workers lost fingers or thumbs in on-the-job accidents. |
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Address side of penny postcard mailed in 1901 to A. Weston & Son Lumber Co. |
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Message side of penny postcard sent to A. Weston & Son on December 15, 1901. |