Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Lumbering |
Caption |
2005.535.0012 |
Catalog Number |
2005.535.0012 |
Description |
Averill Banking Grounds; White Pine logs at the Banking Ground at Averill. These logs were cut in the winter and brought by train from the woods to Averill where they were rolled down the bank to the river when the water was high in the spring to be on their way to Saginaw to the big mills. Averill had 7 hotels to accommodate the loggers. Lincoln Township |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Place |
Lincoln Township |
Orig/copy |
Copy |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
Collection |
Midland County Historical Photograph Collection |
Classification |
Logging Rivers |
Search Terms |
Township, Lincoln Industry, Lumbering |
Subjects |
Lumber industry Banking ground Rivers |