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Logging

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Accession Number: AI79
Category: Lumbering; Tools / Equipment
Description: The apparatus seen here is called a "jammer." Two tall poles were stood on end, with a pulley at the top, which hoisted logs up onto the pile. Two loggers, called "bull-ropers", using "canthooks", help keep the logs squarely on the pile.
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Source: PSPL
Physical Attributes: 7.8cm x 12.5cm; b/w photograph
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Keywords: Logging; lumber; equipment; tools; logs; piling; stacking; hauling; sleigh; jammer; frame; pulley; horse; lumberjacks; work; labour; operations;
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