Robinson Raft. Ford, photographer (American, active 1900s) about 1900 Elevated view of Benson Rafts being built. A barge with a long boom works to assemble a large Benson Raft out of long wood logs corralled within a frame. Loose logs float in the river around the raft construction, and a completed raft floats farther downstream. (Recto, mount) lower center, handwritten in black ink: ""Robinson[sic] Raft." Built at Stella Washington for / San Francisco Cal. 9000 piling - 80 tons of chain used / [illegible] 100,000 -" Lower right, below right corner of print, handwritten in black ink: "37"

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Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
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