Old Logging Photos

[M.D. Vaden]

I'd imagine that the 22' Doug fir photo may be a redwood, but not sure.

Have there ever been Doug fir that big out here?

12' diameter seems like more probable.

I know old trees don't last forever, but it would be nice if the bigger portion of remaining old growth can be preserved until the numbers of old trees starts increasing.

 

[Lee Bradley]

Checked some of my logging history books and found a picture of a Douglas Fir felled in British Columbia: 25 feet in diameter, 417 feet high and was 9 feet in diameter at 207 feet. Yes, firs do get that BIG.

 

[ray benson]

Interesting article about that 417' doug fir- some say legend and myth, others say it is true. http://www.spirasolaris.ca/DouglasFir.pdf

 

[OLY-JIM]

Great submission Ray but there's nothing easy about that kind of work...the pics never quite capture that aspect of it. They're excellent to look at though. Thanks.

 

[ray benson]

Here is a picture from 1963 - it blew down shortly after being designated as the largest Douglas Fir (15' 8").

 

[bigmac]

REMINGTON 880 G

 

[ray benson]

Fiber pull on the stumps.

 

[bigmac]

Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800

 

[ray benson]

out of a catalog.

 

[bigmac]

Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800


Shot with HP Scanjet 4800

 

[ray benson]

 

[ray benson]

 

[ray benson]

another train tressle.

 

[ray benson]

just a few more.

 

[omegajim]

Those are nice pictures, except for the 1st picture of that last series is a Rumely Oil-Pull; trust me on that one. I've must've seen at least a dozen in person.

Submitted for your approval, another Rumely Oil-Pull, just not as big.

 

[bigmac]

A few more pic's