Showing method of piling lumber from sorting table. This section of table is between span of travelling crane (supports on left shown in photo). Lumber is handled in units of about 800'-1000' each; each unit being made up in bins as shown in foreground. When a bin is full and unit is this large enough, crane carries off the unit and piles it somewhere along the yard between the crane runway. Union Lumber Company, Ft. Bragg, California. May, 1920. E. F
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Location: average distance Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable One person present, name unknown
Type
image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-3624
Subject
Lumber yards Lumber - Piling methods Lumber companies - Union Lumber Company Lumber - Sorting tables Fort Bragg (Calif.) Lumber Mendocino County
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