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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circa 1900
Photograph of big wheel and teamsters.
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circa 1960
Photograph of big wheel at Hartwick Pines State Park. Grayling, MI.
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circa.1960
On the left, a Snow Roller, was used to pack down roads in winter. At Hartwick Pines State Park.
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circa. 1890
Big wheel and teamster. Manistee, MI
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circa 1890
Photograph of big wheel.
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c.1890
Advertisment for Big Wheel.
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circa 1890
Photograph of big wheel and teamster.
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circa 1890
Overpack Big Wheel factory, Manistee, MI.
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circa 1890
Loaded big wheel.
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circa 1890
Loading a big wheel.
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Some of the images on this page are were taken in or at museums.
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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. Big wheels where used to hall the ships to the rollways shown on the lumbering 1 page. Team of men tried to see who could stack the lumber the highest.
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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
Lumber Page 16
Mess Halls
Lumber Page 17
Oxen teams and river scenes.
Lumber Page 18
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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