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Logging Operations

The Skidway

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: 1985-46-3
Category: Lumbering; Logging Operations
Description: This skidway was part of Ben MacDonald's operation. The men are loading logs, piled along the skidway, onto a sleigh for hauling to the log dump. The "senders" are using "canthooks" to roll the logs up two poles. The "toploader" then organizes the logs on the pile.
Date: 1919
Source: WPSDM
Physical Attributes: 5.7cm x 10.1cm; b/w photograph
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Keywords: skidway; logging; lumbering; operations; pile; sleigh; haul; dump; log; timber; senders; canthooks; toploader; load; gather;
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