Railroad History Story: Logging the North Woods
Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum
Logging Photos Around Boyne City
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This is believed to be at Camp No. 10, which was a rather large camp northeast of Elmira. Not many camps were equipped to load two trains at the same time, such as this. |
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The McGiffert log loader in this photo has its wheels lowered. You can easily see the chain drive system that allowed the loader to move itself up and down the track, as needed. |
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White No. 1 was one of the biggest saw mills in Boyne City. It sat right at the mouth of the Boyne River. |
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White No. 2 was built solely for the production of railroad ties for the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad. It is said that they generated 1,000 ties per day to keep up with the demand of the railroad. |
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Lumber fresh from the mill contains a great amount of water and is called "green". This lumber cannot be used or stored green for very long without it molding or rotting. So, a drying process is used. The lumber is "stickered" and allowed to air dry. Here, we see piles of stickered lumber being broken down and loaded onto a ship. |
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Hemlock was some of the lightest wood shipped out of Boyne on ships, accounting for some of the biggest loads. There, a record 935,000 board feet is loaded onto one ship. |
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One of the White ships, "The Three Brothers", is almost loaded for it's trip to Tondawanda, New York. |
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The last heavy industry to stay in business, which used the railroad, was the Boyne City Tannery. This factory created leather and other products from cow hides. In the late 1960's, it finally succumbed to foreign competition and new EPA regulations with which it could not afford to comply. |
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