How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 122
Fig. 40. — Logs in a Chute. of a railroad track. Across these^ short logs,hollowed out on the top side, are placed. The logs really form roads, and are calledskids or chutes. Logs are placed on these, anddragged to a sawmill, a train, or some river. LUMBERING 105 Many logs are floated down the… … Fig. 41. — Cutting a Redwood. or four feet in diameter, while some are evenfifteen feet. When the men cut the very large trees, theydo not stand on the ground, but on a platformfrom four to ten feet high. They do so because 106 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED the lowest part of the tree does not make verygood…
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