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Parry Sound Lumber Company

Parry Sound Lumber Company

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: AI64
Category: Lumbering; Parry Sound Lumber Company
Description: The mill's unprocessed sawlogs are in the river, having passed through a log chute to arrive below the dam. Booms -- logs chained together to form a fence in the water -- keep the logs from floating away. A train passes on the trestle overhead.
Date: c.1887-1916
Source: PSPL
Physical Attributes: 8.6cm x 13.8cm; b/w photograph
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Keywords: Parry Sound; mill; sawmill; lumber; company; logging; lumbering; sawlogs; logs; harbour; timber; wood; hardwood; board; plank; process; stack; pile; dressed; finished; business; trade; corporation; commerce; industry; livelihood; work; saw; refine; building; operations; export; booms; train; trestle; railway; railroad; rail;
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