Photo Catalog Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
A-frame logging at Neets Bay, August 18, 1955 |
Image # |
2003.2.63.1347 |
Object Name |
Negative, Film |
Date |
1955, August 18 |
Photographer |
Saari, Paulu T. |
Location |
Ketchikan, Alaska |
Description |
A-frame logging at Neets Bay, August 18, 1955 A-frame logging is unique to Southeast Alaska and coastal British Columbia. The massive A-frame was mounted on a huge spruce log float. Through a system of wire cables and pulleys arrayed between the A-frame and the adjacent hillside, logs felled and trimmed in place could be dragged down to the water, where they were rafted up for towing to a mill. A-frame logging made it possible to log virtually any slope that descended to tidewater, without having to build roads. This A-frame outfit is particularly large; the logs making up the frame appear to e at least 120 feet long. (Note the scale of the floatplane tied up to the float.) |
Provenance |
Donated to the Museum by the Photographer |
Film Size |
4" x 5" |
People |
Saari, Paulu Toivo |
Search Terms |
Logging Timber Industry A-Frame Neets Bay |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.1347 |