2024-03-29T06:18:22Z
http://api.mainememory.net/oai
oai:mainememory.net:23082
2019-07-16T08:28:49Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Washington County, ME, USA
circa 1950
Pine long logs being driven down the West Branch of the Machias River. The men are working their way across to "pick a jam" to dislodge logs and get them moving again.
Photographic print
18 cm x 24 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23082
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Log driving--Maine
Loggers--Maine
Lumber industry--Maine
Lumbermen--Maine
Machias River (Washington County, Me.)
Pine
Pine log drive on Machias River, ca. 1950
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23072
2022-07-13T08:55:45Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Ambajejus, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1950
Boom chains were used to attach the ends of logs together to make a log boom. Log booms were popular in the early years of Maine logging when logs were floated to sawmills. The boom contained the logs to prevent them from floating away. This chain is about 6 feet (2 meters) long.
Steel
213 cm x 20 cm x 7 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23072
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Booms (Log transportation)
Log driving--Maine
Logging--Maine
Lumber trade--Maine
Boom chain, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23077
2022-07-13T08:55:45Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1960
Ambajejus, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1960
Grappling hooks were dragged along the bottom of lakes and rivers to find under water cables, secure a boat, or to dredge for submerged objects.
Steel
71 cm x 32 cm x 32 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23077
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Hooks
Grappling hook, Ambajejus, ca. 1960
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23078
2022-07-13T08:55:45Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Ambajejus, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1950
The corner bind was used for holding a load of logs on a sled.
Steel
338 cm x 10 cm x 4 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23078
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Chains
Logging--Maine
Lumber trade--Maine
Corner bind chain, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23083
2022-07-13T08:55:45Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1960
Ambajejus, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1960
Pickaroons were used to manage logs during a drive.
Steel, wood
66 cm x 20 cm x 3 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23083
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Logging--Maine
Lumber trade--Maine
Tools
Pickaroon, Ambajejus, ca. 1960
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23085
2022-07-13T08:55:45Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1920
Ambajejus, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1920
Steerage spindle from an old side-wheeler tow boat. Part of the steering assembly.
Wood
138 cm x 29 cm x 29 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23085
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Logging--Maine
Lumber trade--Maine
Paddle steamers--Maine
Steering-gear
Towboats--Maine
Steerage spindle, Ambajejus, ca. 1920
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23068
2024-02-24T09:28:03Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1950
Bateau crew working pulp down the West Branch of the Machias River. With their shallow draft and stability, bateaux were good for working a log drive.
Photographic print
18 cm x 24 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23068
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Northern Maine Paper Company--Employees
Boats--Maine
Canoes--Maine
Log transportation--Maine
Machias River (Me.)
Lumber industry--Maine
Log driving--Maine
Bateaux, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23069
2024-02-24T09:28:03Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1950
Great Northern Paper's boat, West Branch 1, towing a boom bag with between 3,500 - 4000 cords of pulp wood from Ambajejus Point to North Twin Dam.
Photographic print
11 cm x 24 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23069
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Great Northern Paper Company
Towing--Maine
Log driving--Maine
West Branch #1 (Boat)
Booms (Log transportation)--Maine
Tow boats--Maine
Lakes--Maine
Ambajejus Lake (Me.)
Towboat and boom bag, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23070
2024-02-24T09:28:03Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1955
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1955
Two boom bags are being worked with. The one in the foreground is ready to be towed to North Twin Dam. The second boom bag is being filled at the mouth of the Ambajejus. Each boom bag would transport 3500 - 4000 cords of pulp wood. Ambajejus Point is in the background.
Photographic print
49 cm x 59 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23070
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Ambajejus Lake (Me.)
Penobscot River, West Branch (Me.)
Great Northern Paper Company
West Branch #1 (Boat)
Log driving--Maine
Booms (Log transportation)--Maine
Towing--Maine
Towboats--Maine
Two boom bags, Ambajejus, ca. 1955
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23071
2024-02-24T09:28:03Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1930
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1930
A Great Northern Paper towboat. A wood boat, it towed booms of logs down the lake. The crew would consist of a captain, cook, 2 deck hands, 2 engineers and a first mate.
Photographic print
18 cm x 24 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23071
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Boats--Maine
Towing--Maine
Towboats--Maine
Booms (Log transportation)
Log transportation--Maine
West Branch #1 (Boat)
Ambajejus Lake (Me.)
Northern Maine Paper Company--Employees
Lumber industry--Maine
West Branch 1, Ambajejus, ca. 1930
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23073
2024-02-24T09:28:03Z
contributor:ambajejus
2007
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
Richard Asam
2007
Ambajejus Boomhouse on Ambajejus Lake served as residence and workshop for the men who worked for the Great Northern Paper Company on log drives in the area until its closure in 1971. It is now the Ambajejus Boomhouse Museum.
Digital photograph
18 cm x 24 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23073
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Great Northern Paper Company
Lumber industry--Maine
Museums--Maine
Ambajejus Boomhouse Museum (T1 R9 WELS, Me.)
Ambajejus Lake (Me.)
Lakes--Maine
Booms (Log transportation)
Ambajejus boomhouse, 2007
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23079
2024-02-24T09:28:03Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1920
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1920
When logs jam up and it is too difficult and dangerous to pick it apart, they break a jam with an explosive.
Photographic print
18 cm x 24 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23079
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Northern Maine Paper Company, Explosion, 1920
Explosions--Maine
Log transportation--Maine
Ambajejus Lake (Me.)
Lumber industry--Maine
Log driving--Maine
Clearing a log jam, Ambajejus, ca. 1920
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23080
2024-02-24T09:28:03Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1950
During the winter logs are cut and piled beside nearby rivers and streams awaiting the spring river drive. These logs are near Ambajejus Lake.
Photographic print
18 cm x 24 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23080
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Lumbermen--Maine
Log driving--Maine
Loggers--Maine
Logs--Maine
Ambajejus Lake (Me.)
Lumber industry--Maine
Logs awaiting the log drive, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23081
2024-02-24T09:28:03Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1950
Pine long logs were driven down the West Branch of the Machias River. The men are moving the logs to keep them from jamming up and blocking the river.
Photographic print
18 cm x 24 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23081
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Lumber industry--Maine
Lumbermen--Maine
Machias River (Washington County, Me.)
Loggers--Maine
Log driving--Maine
Pine
Long log pine drive, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23088
2024-02-24T09:28:03Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1950
Great Northern Paper's steel hull tow boat, West Branch #2.
Photographic print
18 cm x 24 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23088
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Boats--Maine
Towing--Maine
Towboats--Maine
Booms (Log transportation)
Log transportation--Maine
West Branch #2 (Boat)
Machias River (Me.)
Northern Maine Paper Company
Lumber industry--Maine
Ambajejus Lake (Me.)
West Branch 2, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Image
oai:mainememory.net:23067
2024-02-24T09:28:05Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1950
A 3.5" auger used by Great Northern Paper crews to drill holes through the ends of logs through which a boom chain is strung to make a boom bag.
Steel, wood
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23067
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Great Northern Paper Company
Lumber industry--Maine
Tools
Augers
Auger, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23075
2024-02-24T09:28:05Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1950
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1950
Cantdog, also called a peavey after it's inventor, Joseph Peavey, had a point for spearing logs and a loose swinging "dog" for rolling logs and breaking jams. Short handled peavey's were used when working in a boat, long handled peaveys were used on the ground.
Steel, wood
112 cm x 31 cm x 6 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23075
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Great Northern Paper Company--Equipment and supplies
Tools
Lumber industry--Maine
Logs--Maine
Log transportation--Maine
Peavey, Joseph
Cantdog, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23076
2024-02-24T09:28:05Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1952
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1952
"Dri-ki" is a local name for driftwood. This chair was made by a river driver at Ambajejus Boomhouse for the cook, Big Mike.
Drift wood, fabric
113 cm x 58 cm x 54 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23076
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Chairs
Lumber industry--Maine
Great Northern Paper Company
Driftwood
Furniture
Dri-ki chair, Ambajejus, ca. 1952
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23084
2024-02-24T09:28:05Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1920
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1920
A pulley wheel from a Great Northern Paper mill. Using one inch cables, it was part of the system that powered paper making machinery.
Wood
116 cm x 116 cm x 10 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23084
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Pulleys
Great Northern Paper Company--Equipment and supplies
Papermaking--Maine
Lumber industry--Maine
Pulley wheel, Ambajejus, ca. 1920
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23086
2024-02-24T09:28:05Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1900
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1900
Made of yellow birch, through shot pins were used in the logging industry to fasten logs together to make a boom. Booms were used to gather together 3,500 - 4000 cords of pulp wood for transport across a lake so the logs could continue down the next river. This early method of connecting logs to making a boom was replaced by boom chains.
Wood
63 cm x 80 cm x 10 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23086
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Log transportation--Maine
Great Northern Paper Company--Equipment and supplies
Lumber industry--Maine
Through shot, Ambajejus, ca. 1900
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:23087
2024-02-24T09:28:05Z
contributor:ambajejus
circa 1940
Ambajejus, T1 R9 WELS, Piscataquis County, ME, USA
circa 1940
Made by a Great Northern Paper craftsman, the periscope was used for looking beneath the water for cables or other items related to log drives. It was particularly useful on sunny days when there was a lot of glare reflected from the water. This periscope is made from a sheet metal cone with a glass bottom.
Sheet metal, glass, leather
96 cm x 26 cm x 26 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/23087
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Lumber industry--Maine
Periscopes
Great Northern Paper Company--Equipment and supplies
Log transportation--Maine
Tools
Underwater periscope, Ambajejus, ca. 1940
Physical Object