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        • Notable Residents
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          • Pearl Buck
          • The Curriers
          • Emma J. Rising Brown
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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
1973, Steamtown USA excursion train
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
Of the 4 Charcoal Kilns owned by S. L. Griffith, this one still remained in the early 20th Century. The one immediately north of it had recently been razed.
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.
Danby Station August 31, 1951. House known as “The Beehive” because of all the activity that took place there, can be seen in the background.
Another photo of #200 in a different location. #200 was the Alco Demonstrator which the Rutland liked and bought. The Alco colors were green and yellow with a big Alco/GE logo in the middle of the long hood and a horizontal yellow stripe. The Rutland replaced the logo with RUTLAND and added 200 in the yellow stripe. It ran that way for a while until they adopted the chevrons on the ends, perhaps when the other units arrived on the property.
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.
location unknown circa 1900
Griffith Store 2022

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