. English: Falling crew and railroad logging camp, Coats-Fordney Lumber Company, ca. 1917 . English: Caption on image: Coats, Fordney. Kinsey Photo. No. 12 PH Coll The Coats-Fordney Lumber Company started out as the Coats Lumber Company in 1905, headquartered in Aberdeen. It became the Coats-Fordney Lumber Company in 1910, and by 1924, it was called the Donovan-Corkery Lumber Company The falling crew consisted of fallers and buckers. Fallers cut down trees and buckers saw the felled trees into lengths. Loggers used to use seven, eight, or nine-foot long saws, with a man on each en
. English: Falling crew and railroad logging camp, Coats-Fordney Lumber Company, ca. 1917 . English: Caption on image: Coats, Fordney. Kinsey Photo. No. 12 PH Coll The Coats-Fordney Lumber Company started out as the Coats Lumber Company in 1905, headquartered in Aberdeen. It became the Coats-Fordney Lumber Company in 1910, and by 1924, it was called the Donovan-Corkery Lumber Company The falling crew consisted of fallers and buckers. Fallers cut down trees and buckers saw the felled trees into lengths. Loggers used to use seven, eight, or nine-foot long saws, with a man on each end. These loggers faced great danger from trees falling or rolling on them. Subjects (LCTGM): Loggers; Crosscut saws; Lumber camps--Washington (State); Lumber industry--Washington (State); Railroad tracks--Washington (State); Coats-Fordney Lumber Company--People--Washington (State); Coats-Fordney Lumber Company--Facilities--Washington (State); Grays Harbor County (Wash.); Group portraits Subjects (LCSH): Logging railroads--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County . circa 1920 4 Falling crew and railroad logging camp, Coats-Fordney Lumber Company, ca 1917 (KINSEY 64)
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