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Log dump at North River, Lester Logging Company, ca. 1915
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| Title | Log dump at North River, Lester Logging Company, ca. 1915 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | ca. 1915 |
| Notes | Caption on image: E.H. Lester. Showing part of 3, 000, 000 ft. of spruce reading to be loaded, North River, Grays Harbor. C. Kinsey Photo, Seattle. No. 12
PH Coll 516.1726 |
| Contextual Notes | The E H Lester Logging Company was in business in the Montesano area from ca. 1910 to 1919, when it was merged into the Saginaw Timber Company. The E.H. Lester Logging Company had a two-mile logging railroad.
Montesano, the county seat of Grays Harbor County, is eight miles east of Aberdeen on the Chehalis River near the mouth of Wynooche River in central Grays Harbor County. In 1862, the name Mount Zion was suggested by the wife of the first settler, J. L. Scammon. Another pioneer, Samuel James, suggested the present name from the Spanish monte or mountain, and sano or health. Local authorities thought Sam's name had more meaning.
The North River rises in the northeast corner of Pacific County and flows west through Grays Harbor and Pacific counties to Shoalwater Bay on Willapa Harbor. The Indian name was Nic-o-man-chie, meaning Shadowy waters. In surveyor James Tilton's map of Washington Territory, published in 1859, the stream is designated as North Channel. In the following years, the name was altered to the present form.
A log dump is a section of water where logs are sorted. Logs are easier to sort in the water because they can be pushed around. Generally, they're shipped to a mill from there, via booms hauled by tug boats. Sorting is done according to grade, species, etc.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Logs
Wooding stations--Washington (State)
Railroad tracks--Washington (State)
Lumber industry--Washington (State)
E.H. Lester Logging Company--Facilities--Washington (State)
Grays Harbor County (Wash.)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Ponds--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK0247 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | C. Kinsey 1726
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection. PH Coll 516
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b/w ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003. |
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