Topping a High Lead Spar Tree
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Item information
- Title:
- Topping a High Lead Spar Tree
- Description:
- A photograph of the top being cut off of a douglas fir tree. [Front] Topping a High Lead Spar Tree. An exceptionally fine view of this spectacular operation. From a 5-foot Douglas Fir tree the branches have been trimmed to where the diameter is 22 inches - 1t 185 feet - and the 60-foot falling top is shown just as it is about to leave the tree, while the High Rigger is shown braced on his steel cable for the 8-foot sway, with his ax hanging and climbing rope dangling. The top must be cut to avoid danger from breaking limbs. 22 inches is required, and Spar height determined by that, varying from 140 to 220 feet. Clear Lake Lumber Co. [Back] [german] Topping a spar tree [german]"
- Topics:
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Forestry
- Original Format:
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Kallitype
- Extent:
- 10 x 8
- Item identifier:
- schenck-douglas_fir_nd_img4
- Photographer:
- Cress, John D. more info on Cress, John D.
- Location:
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Washington (State)
- Digital Project:
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Manuscript Collections
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- Carl Alwin Schenck Papers, 1865 - 1959 (MC00035) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
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