"Banking Ground"

Dublin Core

Title

"Banking Ground"

Subject

Logging

Description

Black and white image of lumbermen loading logs into the "banking ground." Printed on the back: "The 'banking ground' along the river's edge. Logs were hauled here, at first by horse and oxen and after 1860 by railroads from the river into the timber, and 'banked' awaiting spring highwater."

Creator

Unknown

Source

Lumbering Photo Files, Clarke Historical Library

Date

c.1860

Rights

This image is in the public domain. Please contact us if you would like to purchase a high-resolution copy of the image.

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph

Citation

Unknown, “"Banking Ground",” Abundant Waters: Michigan's Most Precious Resource, accessed April 27, 2024, https://abundantwaterscmich.omeka.net/items/show/293.

Output Formats

Comments