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Publication Information
| Date Created | 1886 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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Collection Information
| Source Collection | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
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Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Log Jam on St. Croix River
1886
Elevated view of a log jam near the Dalles on the St. Croix River. Caption at bottom reads: "St. Croix Riv. and Bridge, St. Croix Falls."
Interstate State Park
St. Croix River
Site of the world's largest log jam in 1886 when 150 million board feet of logs piled up along three miles of the river. It took 200 men working for six weeks to free the jam.
Log Jam
circa 1880-1889
Log jam, perhaps on the Black River or the Chippewa River in the Black River Falls area.
Log Jam at Big Eddy
1905
Log jam at Big Eddy on the Chippewa River during the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log drive. There is a bridge in the distance, and trees are along the shoreline.
Log Jam on Wisconsin River
1900
Two women and one man in street clothes and wearing hats posing among the logs of a large log jam on the Wisconsin River.
Logging Railroad Through the Woods
View up logging railroad tracks running through the woods.
