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Colby and Lawrence drawing lumber to Wadhams Mills

Written on photo: Frank Colby and Leslie Lawrence drawing lumber cut and sawed at Euba Mills enroute to Wadhams Mills – loads of hemlock planks were used to plank the Wadhams Mills Dam.

Note the poles atop of the loads – they were used to tension the chains or ropes holding the load together. Also, notice the horses: shorter and stockier than modern draft breeds, probably some Welsh pony in them.

June of 1899. Wadhams Mills, NY. Photo donated by Leslie Lawrence.

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