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Logging Operations

The Skidway

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: Ca1544
Category: Lumbering; Logging Operations
Description: After felling, logs were piled along a roadway cleared of bush and trees called a "skidway." Horses would haul the log from the stump to the skidway, from where it would be taken to the dump.
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Source: CT
Physical Attributes: 11.7cm x 7.9cm; b/w photograph
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Keywords: lumbering; logging; operations; skidway; road; pile; transport; logs; sawlogs; company; lumbermen; lumberjacks; wood; timber; equipment; tools; process; horse;
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