Log flume (ride)
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Log flumes are amusement rides consisting of a water flume and (artificial) hollow logs or boats. Passengers sit in the logs, which are propelled along the flume by the flow of water.
Dragon Falls at Chessington World of Adventures, Southwest London, UK.
Tukkijoki at Särkänniemi, Tampere, Finland.
Walter Knott and Bud Hurlbut ride the Timber Mountain Log Ride at Knott's Berry Farm in 1969
The Logger's Revenge at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Log flume
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A log flume is a watertight flume constructed to transport lumber and logs down mountainous terrain using flowing water. Flumes replaced horse- or oxen-drawn carriages on dangerous mountain trails in the late 19th century. Logging operations preferred flumes whenever a reliable source of water was available. Flumes were cheaper to build and operate than logging railroads. They could span long distances across chasms with more lightweight trestles.
A sawmill with log flume, Cascade Range, USA
The log pond at Sugar Pine provided the water supply for the flume head.
Workers load bundles of lumber for the trip down the flume.
A "flume frog" joins multiple branches into one trunk as it leaves the sawmill's loading deck.