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Subject: Lumber industry
"Fletcher, Pack & Co., River & Sulphite Mill, 1890""Fletcher, Pack & Co., River & Sulphite Mill, 1890"
"Minor Lumber Company, Bay Mill and Docks, 1889""Minor Lumber Company, Bay Mill and Docks, 1889"
Logs were piled or "banked" along the river banks; then they were rolled into the river and floated down to the sorting gap before being sent to the saw mills.Logs were piled or "banked" along the river banks; then they were …
"Minor Lumber Co. & Fletcher, Pack & Co., Bay Mills, 1889""Minor Lumber Co. & Fletcher, Pack & Co., Bay Mills, 1889"
Boomsticks were logs connected with chains to create pens to sort logs for the mills.Boomsticks were logs connected with chains to create pens to sort logs …
Logs banked on the Thunder Bay River ready to be processed at the Comstock Lumber Mill.Logs banked on the Thunder Bay River ready to be processed at …
Logging operation with loggers, horses, and log piles.Logging operation with loggers, horses, and log piles.
Stacking lumber along the banks of the Thunder Bay River prior to being loaded on ships.Stacking lumber along the banks of the Thunder Bay River prior to …
Skidding logs using a steam driven donkey engine.Skidding logs using a steam driven donkey engine.
Stacks of lumber along the Thunder Bay River waiting to be loaded on to ships. Prentiss Lumber Mill is at the center. Note the masts of schooners in the river.Stacks of lumber along the Thunder Bay River waiting to be loaded …
Information taken from "Lumbering in Michigan" by Maria Quinlan.Information taken from "Lumbering in Michigan" by Maria Quinlan.
Cut logs floating down the Thunder Bay River to be cut at Alpena sawmills.Cut logs floating down the Thunder Bay River to be cut at …
Logs being loaded on a railroad flatcar by an A-frame steam jammer.Logs being loaded on a railroad flatcar by an A-frame steam jammer.
Log jam on the Thunder Bay River.Log jam on the Thunder Bay River.
The Haltiner Family at a logging camp in Northern Michigan.The Haltiner Family at a logging camp in Northern Michigan.
Unidentified photographs of a Native American logging camp. One photograph is labeled "Camp 32."Unidentified photographs of a Native American logging camp. One photograph is labeled …
Veneer mills made use of the hardwoods at the end of the white pine era. Maple and white birch were often used.Veneer mills made use of the hardwoods at the end of the …
Island Mill Sawmill interior. The man is standing by a "carriage," which carried the log through the saw blade.Island Mill Sawmill interior. The man is standing by a "carriage," which …
