Chutes and Flumes
Construction
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Full Size |
| Accession Number: |
AII15 |
| Category: |
Lumbering; Chutes / Flumes |
| Description: |
The construction of the power dam interrupted the flow of the Seguin River. In order to float their sawlogs from inland to the mills, flumes were built to carry the logs from the higher to the lower levels. The logs would pass over the dams undamaged. |
| Date: |
1918 |
| Source: |
PSPL |
| Physical Attributes: |
7.5cm x 12.5cm; b/w photograph |
| Photographer: |
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| Keywords: |
chutes; flumes; aqueduct; conduit; logs; sawlog; lumber; timber; operations; river; drive; water; transporting; dam; shaft; slide; Seguin; process; waterway; streams; creeks; steer; construct; build; |
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