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Log boom
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A log boom is a barrier placed in a river, designed to collect and or contain floating logs timbered from nearby forests. The term is also used as a place where logs were collected into booms, as at t
Log boom moving south on the St. Croix River in Stillwater, Minnesota, 1895.
Log boom moving south on the St. Croix River in Stillwater, Minnesota, 1895.
Log boom on St. Croix River in Maine, aerial photo taken in 1973
Log boom on St. Croix River in Maine, aerial photo taken in 1973
Timber marks on a log building in Sweden where they are called flottningsmärke
Timber marks on a log building in Sweden where they are called flottningsmärke
Timber rafting
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Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across a lake or other body of water. It is arguably,
Rafting to Vancouver, British Columbia Canada (August 2006).
Rafting to Vancouver, British Columbia Canada (August 2006).
Raftsmen in Northern Finland in the 1930s
Raftsmen in Northern Finland in the 1930s
Timber rafting on the Willamette River (May 1973).
Timber rafting on the Willamette River (May 1973).
Timber raft by Frances Anne Hopkins, 1868.
Timber raft by Frances Anne Hopkins, 1868.