Log Driving

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An illustration of log driving, which a mean of transporting timber from the field site to the mill. This method uses the river’s current by letting the current move floating tree trunks downstream to sawmills. It was the main transportation method of the early logging industry in Europe and North America.

Source

J. G. Holland Scribner's Monthly, An Illustrated Magazine for the People (New York, NY: Scribner & Co., 1874)

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