Before Machinery: The Insane Way America Built Log Flumes Across Mountains
#logflumes #americanhistory #comstock A log enters the flume at the top of the Sierra Nevada. Fifty-four miles away, it will arrive at a mill in the valley — having dropped four thousand five hundred feet, carried by nothing but water and gravity. If the grade is miscalculated even a bit, the entire system backs up. Logs pile. The structure fails. And the men sent to clear the jam do not always come back. Before industrial machinery could move timber at scale — this was the solution. Fifty-four miles of hand-built wooden channel, suspended above cliffs, spanning ravines. Built in the 1870s. In today's video, we look at: The Insane Way America Built Log Flumes Across Mountains… Keep watching to see #logging #logflume #americancrafts Also check out: • Before Welding: The Insane Way America Bui... #traditionalskills #historicalcrafts #traditionalcraftsmanship
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