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Logging Operations

Log Pile

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: Ca152
Category: Lumbering; Logging Operations
Description: Logs were piled by the "toploader," who stood on the top of the pile. He moved the logs onto the pile to stack them after they had been rolled up the two poles to the right of the photo by two men called "senders" using "canthooks."
Date: c.1920
Source: CT
Physical Attributes: 6.6cm x 9.7cm; b/w photograph
Photographer:
Keywords: lumbering; logging; operations; toploader; senders; canthook; pile; transport; logs; sawlogs; company; lumbermen; lumberjacks; wood; timber; equipment; tools; process;
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