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Logging Operations

Timber Cruisers

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: AI82
Category: Lumbering; Logging Operations
Description: Timber cruisers searched the area looking for tracts of land with good timbering potential. They would determine the best areas for different types of tree harvesting, and they would determine the best locations for camps and trails. After assessing the land, they would report their findings to the lumber company that hired them.
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Source: PSPL
Physical Attributes: 9.5cm x 12cm; b/w photograph
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Keywords: Lumbering; logging; operations; timber; cruisers; scouts; tracts; cutting; felling; camps; company; operations; harvesting; process;
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