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Portrait of men and crane lifting train.

61. Logging Scene in Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000145
Title:
Logging Scene in Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
1900-1910
Description:
Portrait of men and crane lifting train.
Heavily logged area near train tracks.

62. Wasteful Deforestation on Cheat Mountain.

IDNO:
000149
Title:
Wasteful Deforestation on Cheat Mountain.
Date:
undated
Description:
Heavily logged area near train tracks.
People standing by the remains of the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co.

63. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. Mill

IDNO:
000152
Title:
Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. Mill
Date:
1924/04/12
Description:
People standing by the remains of the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co.
Bergoo, West Virginia; Lumber company building beside train tracks.<br /><br />

64. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company Prior to Conversion to Electricity

IDNO:
000156
Title:
Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company Prior to Conversion to Electricity
Date:
ca. 1938
Description:
Bergoo, West Virginia; Lumber company building beside train tracks.

Pardee and Curtain Lumber operation. This tree, possibly a redwood, was used to build the Titanic. More info from Comstock's "Of Times Past", 1949. Cut from Cuppernick ? Bend near Curtin, Nicholas County.

65. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000162
Title:
Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
Pardee and Curtain Lumber operation. This tree, possibly a redwood, was used to build the Titanic. More info from Comstock's "Of Times Past", 1949. Cut from Cuppernick ? Bend near Curtin, Nicholas County.
Possibly a redwood tree used in building the "Titanic". Harvested by the Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co.The man on the left is John Harvey Reid.

66. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000163
Title:
Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
Possibly a redwood tree used in building the "Titanic". Harvested by the Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co.The man on the left is John Harvey Reid.
Group of men pose at their camp site. None are identified.

67. Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest

IDNO:
000165
Title:
Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest
Date:
undated
Description:
Group of men pose at their camp site. None are identified.
Group portrait of loggers with their tools.

68. Loggers in Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000166
Title:
Loggers in Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Group portrait of loggers with their tools.
Log train passing logging camp. Note Log Dump in Foreground, Mower Lumber Co.

69. Railroad Logging Camp,

IDNO:
000173
Title:
Railroad Logging Camp,
Date:
1946/08/07
Description:
Log train passing logging camp. Note Log Dump in Foreground, Mower Lumber Co.
Greenbrier River, Near Ronceverte, St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Greenbrier County.

70. Log Boom

IDNO:
000177
Title:
Log Boom
Date:
undated
Description:
Greenbrier River, Near Ronceverte, St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Greenbrier County.
Plant also planes, bores, squares ends of big timbers.

71. Pole Peeler is One of Several B-P-B Dressing Operations

IDNO:
000180
Title:
Pole Peeler is One of Several B-P-B Dressing Operations
Date:
undated
Description:
Plant also planes, bores, squares ends of big timbers.
The light machinery used in milling allows the mobile portable mill to penetrate the heart of the stand.

72. Mobile Portable Saw Mill and Crew at Work

IDNO:
000181
Title:
Mobile Portable Saw Mill and Crew at Work
Date:
undated
Description:
The light machinery used in milling allows the mobile portable mill to penetrate the heart of the stand.