Lumber Page 1
Axe cutting and Rollways
Lumber Page 2
Big Wheels
Lumber Page 3
Blacksmiths and buildings
Lumber Page 4
Buildings and lumber camps.
Lumber Page 5
Buildings and camps
Lumber Page 6
Business, money, stores.
Lumber Page 7
Modern images and pictures of lumberjack camps.
Lumber Page 8
Gates, Dams, and Horse sleds with lumber
Lumber Page 9
Horse sleds and lumber
Lumber Page 10
Horse sleds and lumber
Lumber Page 11
Bunk houses, Early hydrolic equipment, and the interior of some sawmills.
Lumber Page 12
Using the railroad to transport logs.
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Log Salvage - Finding and recovering stuck or buried logs. |
circa 1910
Photograph of log salvage at Lake Huron, Oscoda, MI.
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circa 1890
Photograph of crew salvaging logs.
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circa 1890
Photograph of crew salvaging logs
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Log Slides also see the page with Rollways
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circa 1940
Photograph of log slide on the Manistee River.
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1888
Photograph of log slide on the Muskegon River
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1886
Photograph of log slide in the Muskegon River.
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Maps showing types of trees in Michigan
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circa 1950
Logging map of the Upper Peninsula
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circa 1950
Logging map of the Lower Peninsula
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The pictures above show images of Michigans lumbering industry in the 1890's through the 1920's. Millions of trees were cut and shipped to markets through out the world.
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Lumber Page 13
Log Marks and log piles.
Lumber Page 14
Log salvage, log slides, and maps
Lumber Page 15
Mess Halls
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Mess Halls
Lumber Page 17
Oxen teams and river scenes.
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Camp pictures.
Lumber Page 19
Camps and general pictures.
Lumber Page 20
Ice sprinklers and sawmills.
Lumber Page 21
Saw crews and shipping
Lumber Page 22
Storage pens and tools.
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