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Timber on Beech Mountain
This image shows a man standing in a forest leaning against a tall spruce pine tree. The man appears to be wearing a tie and fedora hat. Other pine trees can be seen around the man. This is reportedly a spruce before being harvested on Beech…
Logs Ready to Load
This image shows a large pile of logs next to a train tracks. What looks like a skidder can be partially seen in the far left of the image. Two horses are visible past the logfall, with two men in hats standing nearby. This has been identified as…
Motorcar Returning from Camp
This image shows a large river with boulders in it beside a rocky mountainside. A car can be seen traveling across tracks set into the mountain. This was likely an executive transport to lumber camps. This has been identified as part of a lumber…
Logging Telephone Polls
This image shows two men in overalls standing next to tall stands of pine as a piece of equipment, possibly a skidder, lifts a log above them. The skidder sits on metal tracks. The ground around the men and skidder feature tree limbs and more logs.…
Logfall Waiting Transportation
This image shows a river with a small wooden bridge built across it. The river has large boulders in and beside it. Across the river are large logs strewn across the ground. These were likely logs waiting to be transported to lumber mills. This has…
Log Suspended from Skidder Line
This image shows train tracks curving around a rocky mountainside next to river. Cables extend across the river and tracks, lifting a log. It was known as a method of transporting logs off of mountains for lumber operations. This has been identified…
Early Model Log Skidder
This image shows a machine with a long arm extending out of it, identified as an early (possibly circa 1910s) skidder. Large logs sit in front of the skidder, strapped together. The area around it features pieces of trees, likely a result of clear…
Log Skidder and Crew #1
This image shows a large machine, a log skidder from circa 1917, pulling a log up using cables attached to an extension. Large gears sit at the base of the arm extension of the skidder. Men in hats, and some wearing overalls, pose in front of the…
Handcar Transportation
This image shows what appears to be a river next to train tracks. The river has many large boulders both in it and beside it. The train tracks, at the base of a rocky mountain, hold a "handcar" that three men can be seen sitting on, likely…
Skidder Loading Logs
This image shows a machine with a long arm extending out of it, identified as an early (circa 1912) skidder. Large logs sit in front of the skidder, strapped together. The area around it features pieces of trees, likely a result of clear cutting. A…