Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: Breasting an oar - Just to steady her
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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): "To make a firm setting for the head and tail block an eight inch square timber was fastened to the two end pieces. A head and tail block was put onto this square timber and fastened to the two end pieces. A head and tail block was put onto this square timber and very securely fastened. In the middle the head block was set an oar-pin to become a part of the steering oar. These oars were very large, the stems thirty feet long, one foot in diameter at one end and shaved down to about three inches at the other end. Into the large end of the stem was inserted the oar blade made of a blank set edge-wise, usually three inches thick and from sixteen to eighteen feet long. This
- 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
- Type
- image
- Format
- EngravingsPhotographs
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- Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: Breasting an oar - Just to steady her. 1887-1899. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/4. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- (1887-1899) Story of a raftsman's life on the Wisconsin River: Breasting an oar - Just to steady her. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/4
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/4>.