Collection:
Lumbering Collection
Date:
ca 1895
Description:
Photograph of Dow Dam on the Pike River operated by the Menominee River Boom Company. The dams controlled water level enabling the movement of millions of board feet of logs on their way to saw mills.
Catalog Number:
0011.7.4
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Place:
Pike River
Print Size:
3 x 5.5
Search Terms:
Menominee River Boom Company
Dow Dam
Pike River
Dow Dam
Pike River
Subjects:
Dams
Log drives
Log drives
Title:
Dow Dam
KID TALK:
All winter logs are skidded out of the woods on ice roads waiting for the spring breakup to float the logs down the river. The Dow Dam on the Pike River near Amberg was used to control water level and keep the logs moving. See if you can determine how the man in the picture got where he is standing.
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Dow Dam
Dow Dam