| Available Images: |
Full Size |
| Accession Number: |
JBM214 |
| Category: |
Lumbering; Logging Operations |
| Description: |
Dams were built for use in the summer. When rivers started to get too low, sawlogs would be left stranded on shores. Water was stored behind the dams and periodically released, allowing the logs to continue floating down river. |
| Date: |
June 1885 |
| Source: |
PSPL |
| Physical Attributes: |
11.6cm x 19.2cm; b/w photograph |
| Photographer: |
Below the dam, Mountain Rapids |
| Keywords: |
logging; lumbering; operations; river; transport; dam; sawlogs; Mountain Rapids; float; strand; waterway; |
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