Industry

Griffith Industry

Building the road to Griffith Lake

Griffith Works at Depot

Steam Sawmill at Griffith

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.

Griffith’s charcoal kilns at works at Danby Depot

Griffith Store 2022

Griffith Box Shop, present site of Crosby grain mill

Griffith’s charcoal kilns at works at Danby Depot

Railroad tracks going into the lime kiln

The lime kiln

Griffith's South End Store

Marble Quarry

Quarry workers

Crane for the incline railroad, by the quarry

Blocks of marble for Canary Warf in London, circa 1992

Tracks to bring marble out of quarry

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 incline railroad

Blocks heading up to proctor

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

Railroad, Depot, and Crosby Mill

Later view of Depot after dormers were removed.

Unloading ties south of Danby Station

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.

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

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

Danby depot

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.

1973, Steamtown USA excursion train

Crosby coal shed

Fern

Mort Ackert grading ferns

Art White

Fern

Johnny Ackert with fern pack

Inside the cold storage

Ackert’s 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.

Around Town

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.