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1986.015.001 - spar, highlead

Large, operating model of an entire Sparmatic spar tree system BC Transportation Museum (BCTM) orignally used by salesmen and then for training (Nanaimo Logging School).

Record Type: Object

1990.013.001a-b - Print, Photographic

Two black and white photographs depicting the tops of a spar tree being cut. The man who cuts the top of the spar tree is called a high rigger. .a): High rigger climbing to reach the area to be cut. .b): the top in mid-fall, taken at a different angle. Dated September 26, 1949.

Record Type: Photo

1990.013.003 - Print, Photographic

Photograph depicts a partially logged area with a dirt road. A loaded logging truck is visible, as well as two men standing beside the spar tree.

Record Type: Photo

1990.031.001a-d - Print, Photographic

Four photographs mounted on the same canvas and framed. .a): Two men in hard hats watch tree fall. Man on the left is holding a chainsaw and the man on the right is holding an undercutter axe. .b): Pile of logs with a man in a hard hat standing in the foreground. This photograph is of a faller who worked for Hillcrest Lumber Company at Mesachie Lake. Taken by Wilmer Gold. As such, possibly all these photos are of Hillcrest and were taken by Wi...

Record Type: Photo

1993.025.002 - Print, Photographic

Two spar trees with cables attaching both of them together. On the lower right a steam donkey is partially visible. The tree on the left is about to cut and lowered, as photographs 1993.025.003 + 004 will show.

Record Type: Photo

1993.025.003 - Print, Photographic

Two spar trees rigged together. The trees on the left is being lowered to the ground. Also see 1993.025.002 & .004.

Record Type: Photo

1993.025.004 - Print, Photographic

Spar tree being lowered. On the lower right, a steam donkey is partially visible. 1993.025.002 & .003

Record Type: Photo

1993.025.006 - Print, Photographic

A spar tree with multiple cables is the main focus, and at the lower right is a massive steam-powered machine with two boilers that is harnessed to the overhead cable systems. It is the same skidder from 1993.025.005. "Nicholas Morant Photograph from office of Director of Public Information Ottawa" stamped on the back.

Record Type: Photo

1993.025.011 - Print, Photographic

Spar tree harnessed with a series of cables. A steam donkey is slightly visible on the lower left.

Record Type: Photo

1994.233.002 - Print, Photographic

Black and white photograph of a spar tree and a clearcut forest in the background. A logging truck is being loaded near the base of the spar tree. Written on the back: "GrossLeg's Logging Lake Cowichan Below block 106-BCFP Taken 1965 Summer Photo from Bruce Devitt"

Record Type: Photo