Demonstrating prototype logging boom

Title

Demonstrating prototype logging boom

Description

1 of 8 of a series of photographs showing a prototype boom unloading logs from a logging truck at Gales Peak Lumbermill. In this picture an International Harvester logging truck has arrived to have its logs unloaded. To the side of the truck is a machine equipped with the prototype boom, ready for the demonstration. This boom, produced by Wallace Dozers in Forest Grove, became the “Heel Boom” known throughout the Northwest for its advantages over older style booms in loading and unloading logging trucks.
[back] [pencil] 1954, 1 of 8

Date Created

1954

Medium

photographic prints

Language

English

Identifier

FHFG_pic0005

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact Friends of Historic Forest Grove at: rights@fhfg.org
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Type

Still Image