Industry

: Building the road to Griffith Lake

: Griffith Works at Depot

: Steam Sawmill at Griffith

: Ackert’s cold storage

: Marble

: Quarry workers

: Crane for the incline railroad, by the quarry

: Tracks to bring marble out of quarry

: Blocks of marble for Canary Warf in London, circa 1992

: Danby Depot

: Marble switch and gantry at the bottom of the incline railroad

: Gantry and crane. Blocks were loaded to go up the the finishing mill in Proctor

: The original Crosby mill

: Danby depot, with the mill in the background

: The incline railroad

: Blocks heading up to Proctor

: Danby depot

: Unloading ties south of Danby Station

: Griffith’s charcoal kilns at works at Danby Depot

: Griffith’s charcoal kilns at works at Danby Depot

: Griffith’s charcoal kilns at works at Danby Depot

: Crosby coal shed

: The lime kiln

: Railroad tracks going into the lime kiln

: Railroad tracks going into the lime kiln

: Fern

: Mort Ackert grading ferns

: Art White

: Johnny Ackert with fern pack

: Inside the cold storage

: Original cold storage facility for ferns which the Ackerts built on the rear of Bond’s Hotel after they purchased it. It faced Mt. Tabor Avenue. The structure was destroyed by fire on February 6, 1937.

: South End Steam sawmill purchased by Emporium Lumber Co. from Silas Griffith Estate

: Griffith’s South End Store

: Lumber ready to ship from South End Mill

: Griffith Box Shop, present site of Crosby grain mill

: Early view of Danby Depot showing upstairs dormers of the station agent’s apartment.

: Later view of Depot after dormers were removed.

: VT Marble Company power House and incline railroad along Rt. & prior to 1930. The incline railroad was upgraded to three rails to facilitate passing cars in the 1930s

: Griffith Works along the railroad looking west. Creamery far right (north) box shop and power plant in middle. Steam powered much of the equipment. Loading ramp for charcoal kilns in foreground. Not pictured just to the south is the train station.