Keywords: River log run
Item 19542
Pike pole, Stockholm. ca. 1930
Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Stockholm Media: Iron
Item 98600
Webb River in Dixfield, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Dixfield Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River
I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World
"From there, the river drivers guided the logs to Bangor and boom operators sorted the logs. Finally, the lumberman sawed the logs into lumber for…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4
"… the letter, a corduroy road--a road of parallel logs packed with sand and laid over a swampy area--was being constructed near White Oaks."
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
