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' The above is the old log boom anchors on rock cribs to which the log booms were attached. All the mills at Grafton formed the Grafton Boom Company to impound or store the logs cut on the headwaters of the Tygarts Valley River. At times these logs reached some four or five miles back up the river from the boom. As the logs were needed by the mills they would be sorted and made into rafts and floated down to the mill of the owner as determined by their brand. The expense of this boom was prorated among the different mill operators. Previous to his coming to Grafton George Curtin, one of the partners of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, was boomed superintendent at Lock Haven, Pa., and came from there to Grafton and acted as boom superintendent on the above boom and later joined up with Barton Pardee in forming the original Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company. During the flood of 1888 all of their holdings were washed away, and it is reported that George Curtin didn't have anything left but the shirt on his back. He went to Fairmont and he and Mr. Watson went on each other's paper for a loan of a thousand dollars with which to start a business again. In driving from Grafton to Grafton Dam these boom cribs may be seen. D. D. Brown, his wife, and grandson saw these on November 11, 1945.'

Old Log Boom On Tygarts Valley River, Grafton, W. Va.

Identifier:
034842
Collection Number:
A&M 1630
Title:
Old Log Boom On Tygarts Valley River, Grafton, W. Va.
Description:
' The above is the old log boom anchors on rock cribs to which the log booms were attached. All the mills at Grafton formed the Grafton Boom Company to impound or store the logs cut on the headwaters of the Tygarts Valley River. At times these logs reached some four or five miles back up the river from the boom. As the logs were needed by the mills they would be sorted and made into rafts and floated down to the mill of the owner as determined by their brand. The expense of this boom was prorated among the different mill operators. Previous to his coming to Grafton George Curtin, one of the partners of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, was boomed superintendent at Lock Haven, Pa., and came from there to Grafton and acted as boom superintendent on the above boom and later joined up with Barton Pardee in forming the original Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company. During the flood of 1888 all of their holdings were washed away, and it is reported that George Curtin didn't have anything left but the shirt on his back. He went to Fairmont and he and Mr. Watson went on each other's paper for a loan of a thousand dollars with which to start a business again. In driving from Grafton to Grafton Dam these boom cribs may be seen. D. D. Brown, his wife, and grandson saw these on November 11, 1945.'
Acquisition Method:
Acquired
Medium:
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Projects:
West Virginia History OnView