Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: Witching up
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- Created Date
- 1887-1899
- Description
From a booklet of 37 engravings based on a series of photographs taken by H.H. Bennett in 1886 of a group of raftsmen from the Grand Rapids (Wisconsin Rapids) area during their journey down the Wisconsin River. From T. A. Taylor, 100 Years of Pictorial and Descriptive History of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (1934-1940): "Binding planks parallel with the first planks underneath were fastened onto the grubs shown in the next illustration called "witching" or drawing tight the layers of lumber and fastening tight with a wedge run through the grub pin. (Taylor), When the crib is done, we "witch" it with those crib sticks. You have an instrument something like a wagon jack, which is a lever. This is the fulcrum. We set that right on our raft this way. The hook, this ring, we slip that right over the grub. It is square, it is not round, and we bear down on this. One man stand here and pulls that down. It pushes down on the "Witch" plank and the other pulls up on it. The distance from here to
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- McMillan Memorial Library
- Collection
- Lumber Rafting
- Publisher
- Portland, Maine: Chisholm Bros
- Subjects
- Log rafts
Lumber industry
Rivers
Bennett, Henry Hamilton, 1843-1908
Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin River
Arpin family - Location
- Columbia County, Wisconsin
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- image
- Format
- EngravingsPhotographs
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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: Witching up. 1887-1899. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/175. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- (1887-1899) Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: Witching up. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/175
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/175>.