. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Fig. i. designed for towing, particularly sea-going rafts which are required to withstand heavy strains, though also pertaining to those con- structed for transportation in inland waters. The object of the invention is to provide a raft which will be very strong, being doubly bound together, and which will move easily through the water without chafing or injuring the timber or lumber. It is also the object to pro- vide a raft in which the different grades of timber or
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Fig. i. designed for towing, particularly sea-going rafts which are required to withstand heavy strains, though also pertaining to those con- structed for transportation in inland waters. The object of the invention is to provide a raft which will be very strong, being doubly bound together, and which will move easily through the water without chafing or injuring the timber or lumber. It is also the object to pro- vide a raft in which the different grades of timber or lumber can be assorted and kept separate, said raft being built up of layers so arranged that when one or more of said layers are built the raft can be moved from the place it was commenced to any other place to be finished. In like manner it can be taken apart section by section without mixing the timber or that of one section with another, also parts may be removed without breaking up the raft as a whole. In the accompanying drawings is a top plan view of a raft consttucted in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sec- tional view through the raft, on an enlarged scale, intermediate portions thereof being broken away, and Fig. 3 is a vertical cross- sectional view taken on substantially the line xx of Fig. 2. Similar reference - numerals designate corresponding parts in aU the figures of the drawings, sections are also fastened together by raft- binder cables, which surround all the sections, and thus secure the body of the raft together as a whole. In the preferred form the body of the raft, as well as the sections, is substantially rectangular in cross-section, and to maintain this form, as well as to more thoroughly strengthen the structure, tie - cables pass vertically through the same. The lower ends fastened at its ends to cap-plates that are arranged at the ends of the raft, said cap-plates being provided with suitable eyes, to which the tow-line m
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