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Several men stand on floating logs in a watery area, one holding a long pole. Trees and a large wooden structure are visible in the background. Logs cover the water surface extensively.
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Title:
Sorting Boom, Pend Oreille River
Creator:
Glen Stewart
Donor:
A. Stewart
Date Created (Archival Standard):
1910-1940
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1913
Description:
Several men stand on floating logs in a watery area, one holding a long pole at "The Sorting Gaps" on the Pend Oreille River.
Original Description:
The sorting gaps, as Arley Stewart called them, were located on the Pend Oreille, where the boat club's ramps and the grandstand are today. The logs on the drives were branded to show which mill they were to go to; they were sorted at gaps according to brands. If a mill got someone else's logs, it sawed them, wrote down the board feet and paid for them. The shed was a barrier built in the river to break the current and to slow the logs. There were hundreds of them up and down the river.
Subjects:
logging log drives sorting booms
Original Subject:
logging; log drives; splash dams; sorting booms; bateau
Location:
Bonner County
Latitude:
48.5036171
Longitude:
-117.2641438
Source:
Marylyn Cork Collection, Priest River Library
Source Identifier:
log4-05
Original Format:
black and white photograph
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
eng

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"Sorting Boom, Pend Oreille River", Marylyn Cork Priest River Historical Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/priestriver/items/priestriver0260.html
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