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Icing the Skidway

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Accession Number: JBM540
Category: Lumbering; Tools / Equipment
Description: When the snow was deep enough to haul logs, roadways were built. A sled with a large water tank was drawn over the roads, spilling the water as it went. This created a hard-packed ice-road that horses, wearing special shoes, could travel over easily. Here the tank is being filled with water from a hole cut into the ice.
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Source: PSPL
Physical Attributes: 11.6cm x 15cm; b/w photograph
Photographer: J.B. Miller
Keywords: logging; lumbering; operations; skidway; road; ice; haul; sleigh; sled; water; tank; horse; pack; equipment; tools; method;
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