Log driving is a means of moving logs (sawn tree trunks) from a forest to sawmills and pulp mills downstream using the current of a river. It was the...
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Klarälven (section Log driving)
significant economic benefits, providing a suitable transport route for log driving, and currently is internationally recognized as excellent sport fishing...
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Dalälven (section Log driving)
reaches, the driving continued until 1971, with some final emptying of the stocks in 1972. In 1973 the whole river was closed for log driving, and in 1977...
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Timber rafting (redirect from Log raft)
downriver, or across a lake or other body of water. It is arguably, after log driving, the second cheapest means of transporting felled timber. Both methods...
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profession of log driving, a practice in the lumber industry which involved transporting felled timber by having workers walk or run on the logs as they floated...
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Russia. It is a left tributary of the Yenisey. The river is used for log driving and irrigation. The city of Abakan is located at the confluence of the...
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Sommen (section Age of log driving and barges)
retreat. During much of the 19th and 20th century the lake was used for log driving. This activity peaked around World War I and declined as the road network...
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Elijah Swift and Joseph Viles for the Chippewa River Improvement and Log Driving Company. It was big for the time, a wooden dam 625 feet (191 m) wide...
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lakes. The log driving hook was chosen because of the rich local traditions of forestry and log driving, including the vast number of log dams within...
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Forest industry in Finland (redirect from Logging in Finland)
industry's multiplier effects extend broadly into surrounding society. Log driving had begun by the 17th century in Finland (tukinuitto) with long rivers...
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A log-periodic antenna (LP), also known as a log-periodic array or log-periodic aerial, is a multi-element, directional antenna designed to operate over...
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– 22 March 1946) was a Norwegian engineer, known as the director of log driving in Halden Municipality for 42 years. He was born in Overhalla Municipality...
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A self-driving car, also known as an autonomous car (AC), driverless car, robotic car or robo-car, is a car that is capable of operating with reduced...
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utility poles. In log driving they are called rafters' hooks and are used to maneuver floating logs. In lumbering they are used to control logs floating on...
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Driver licences in Australia (redirect from Driving licence in Australia)
begin logging their driving hours, a learner must complete 80 hours of driving and must be of the age of 17 before they can take the practical driving test...
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Arms of Kontiolahti featuring a bear (kontio in Finnish), carrying a log driving pike pole referring to the importance of forestry in the region's economy...
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Creek is a stream in Roseau County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Log driving on this stream of pine timber accounts for the name. List of rivers of...
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Finnish. The coat of arms of the municipality is a canting arms; the log driving pike pole, which the bear carries in the picture, refers to the importance...
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Laba (Малая Лаба; Лабэжьый Labez̄yj). It is used for irrigation and log driving. It is also suitable for rafting. It is 214 kilometres (133 mi) long...
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The Log Driving Company managed over a hundred dams in the Chippewa watershed.: 177 Because the south fork of the Flambeau River could carry logs, it...
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is light and floats well, so the logs could be easily transported downstream by log driving in the river. The logs were marked with the relevant company's...
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2022. Roads and Maritime Services, N. S. W. "Practical driving experience – learner driver log book". Roads and Maritime Services. Retrieved 2021-02-22...
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the Big Sandy. The Levisa Fork was historically an important river for log driving. The river is partly navigable for commercial purposes through a series...
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Outline of forestry (section Log transportation tools)
include: Log bucking – delimbing and partitioning of trees into logs Log driving – transportation of logs on a river or lake downstream to the mill Log scaling...
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featured an image of Parliament Hill from across the Ottawa River, with log driving activities taking place on the water. Printing of the $2 note ceased...
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Saint-Raymond, Quebec (category Logging communities in Canada)
1904. By 1900, Saint-Raymond counted 21 (mostly small) sawmills. Logging, log driving, and lumber production became important sectors of the economy. In...
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Michigan-California Lumber Company (category Logging railroads in the United States)
river, where an attempt was made to float the logs down to the lumber mill by log driving. Log driving techniques used in eastern rivers proved unsuitable...
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Lumberjack (category Logging)
is referred to as timber cutter or cool cutters. A logger employed in driving logs down a river was known locally in northern North America as a river pig...
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peak, there were twelve mills in the city. The Log driving position is defined as the one that guides logs in a downstream working with a pike pole from...
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