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MEC&MC Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company monorail hoist with lumber handling unit on a monorail track with an operator in the cab at Long Bell Lumb...
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MEC&MC Cant Handling Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company cant handing crane at Long Bell Lumber Co. with an operator in the cab. This was reportedly one of sixteen...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane in Lumber Storage Area

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane in a lumber storage area at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The sign on the crane reads "The Mi...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The cab is stamped "Milwaukee Electric Crane & Mfg. Co., 5 T...
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Lumbering Town

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Description: Distant elevated view of a lumbering town including a river and surrounding forest. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View of Raymond, Wash."
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W. & G.N. Wooden Railroad Bridge

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Description: View of a train passing over the W. & G.N. wooden railroad bridge which spans a mountain pass. Lumber is in the valley below. Caption reads: "W. & G.N. Br...
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Kalb Glibbert Lumber Co.

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Description: View toward the lumber mill. The mill complex is on the far shoreline, with two smokestacks. The building on the left side has a track the extends from th...
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Siler Lumber Co.

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Description: Elevated view across water toward the lumber mill. On the left is a boat, moving away from the loading dock. Smoke and steam emanate from various building ...
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Loading Lumber, Bound for San Francisco

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Description: View of lumber being loaded onto a boat with men on the boat and on the dock. On the dock is a small building, with a group of men, two in suits, leaning a...
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The Assorting Table

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Description: View of lumber transported from the mill and across the assorting table, where it is then moved and sorted into different groups. Men stand on the lumber o...

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