90-12CC River Log Scaling Christmas CardIn 1950, the log scaler in this scene was working on a log raft in the White Salmon River, a tributary of the Columbia River north of Hood River, Oregon. The White Salmon drains from Mt. Adams in Washington.Logs were brought in by truck, dumped, and separated according to size. The scaler is shown grading and scaling oversized logs. Saw logs were stored on rafts to the left. Small Boom Sticks were stored in the area around the Boring Machine Shack to the left-center in this scene. The up-river rafts were about 400-ft. long; approximately 55-ft. wide. This size permitted them to go through the Cascade Locks. These rafts were towed 60 miles to sawmills in Portland and 160 miles to sawmills in Astoria. Two active scaling bureaus today are the Puget Sound Scaling & Grading Bureau in Washington, and the Columbia River Log Scaling & Grading Bureau in Oregon. (Thanks to Mr. Frederick "Mert" Hayman, retired from the CRLS & GB for research information on this painting.) |
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