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Title
A complete rollway. At the extreme left is the head spar. The loading rigging is stretched from here to the gin pole, in this case made of two put together. The logs are pulled on the rollway by the yarder seen in the background. They are then lifted by the two log hooks, carried across (to the right here) to the car and dropped upon it. The loading engine is at the extreme right
Creator
Metcalf, Woodbridge
Photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1911
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bioscience & Natural Resources Library
Collection
Fritz-Metcalf Photograph Collection
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Description
Location: average distance
Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable
No people present in picture
Type
image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-2028
Subject
Log transportation - Cable
Logging equipment - Donkey engines
Log transportation - Rollways
Log loading - Gin poles
Michigan
Place
Michigan

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