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Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. To tow the full boom down Mooselookmeguntic Lake, the steamer runs ahead a quarter of a mile, casts anchor and pulls the boom up on its winches. By this process, it can make the twelve mile haul in about sixteen hours, with a fair
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Credit lineSpring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. To tow the full boom down Mooselookmeguntic Lake, the steamer runs ahead a quarter of a mile, casts anchor and pulls the boom up on. 1943-01-01. Collier, John, Jr., Collier, John. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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