River Log Drive
River drives were a standard way of moving large amounts of cut timber to sawmills during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, prior to the expansion and adoption of railroads and trucks for log transport. This clip is an excerpt from "Timber on the Move: A History of Log Moving Technology," a documentary film from the Forest History Society: https://foresthistory.org/documentary...
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Clearwater River Log Drives
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Cypress Logging in Louisiana circa 1925 (Part 1 of 2)
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How Log Drivers Rode Thousands of Pounds of Timber Through Rapids
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West Virginia Logging Film, 1928
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Early logging along the McKenzie River
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Logging In Idaho - U.S.A. (1926)
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"Boom" River Driver's - Boom House Millinocket Maine
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West Coast Logging 1970's
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How Lumberjacks Floated 75 Million Logs Down Rivers Before Trucks Existed
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Log to Lumber - How American Lumber is Made
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Remote Logging Camps | Helicopters & Log Barges | Building
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How River Raftsmen Built Floating Shelters to Survive the Mississippi
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The Timber Getters (1952) – Australia’s Axe-Men and the Hardwood Timber Industry
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Milling a 1.5-Ton Giant Oak – This Wood Is So Hard It Destroyed 2 Bandsaw Blades
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Fluming Down The Mountain (1934)
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Logging Days in Blind River
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Logs to Lumber - An aerial journey through the sawmill
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" THE LUMBERMAN " 1970s LOGGING & LUMBERJACKS IN OREGON PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDUCATIONAL FILM 98574
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Logging Oregon's Coastal Forests
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