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Chutes and Flumes

Power House and Falls

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: AII21
Category: Lumbering; Chutes / Flumes
Description: The log flume can be seen at centre. The chute allowed sawlogs to pass undamaged over the dam built at the powerhouse. Logs could continue on to the mills located further down river, after travelling down the flumes.
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Source: PSPL
Physical Attributes: 9cm x 14.8cm; b/w photograph
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Keywords: chutes; flumes; aqueduct; conduit; logs; sawlog; lumber; timber; operations; river; drive; water; transporting; dam; powerhouse; shaft; slide; Seguin; process; waterway; streams; creeks; steer;
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