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Loggers at top of log chute, circa 1902
Order an ImageLoggers often used wooden chutes to move cut logs to a central loading place. The chutes were temporary structures, built out of long straight logs called "chute sticks." In gravity chutes, logs slid downhill under their own weight. In trailing chutes, logs were pulled along by cables.
Handwritten on sleeve: Crew on top of log chute, 1900-05.
Webster & Stevens number: 2434
Handwritten on sleeve: Crew on top of log chute, 1900-05.
Webster & Stevens number: 2434
ID Number: 1983.10.6882
Date: Circa 1902
Creator(s):
Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.6882
Copyright: No Known Copyright