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Logging Operations

The Sleigh Haul

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: 1998-202-48a
Category: Lumbering; Logging Operations
Description: In the winter when the snow was deep, felled logs were piled on sleighs and taken to log dumps. The logs were held onto the sleighs with chains wrapped around a certain number of logs. More logs were piled onto these, in order to tighten the chain, holding the logs in place.
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Source: WPSDM
Physical Attributes: 6.6cm x 13.2cm; b/w photograph
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Keywords: logging; lumbering; operations; sleigh; haul; loading; skidway; horses; piles; logs; sawlogs; chain; snow; team;
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