Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1993.025.002 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
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. |
Image File Name |
1939 - Cable Logging Set Up - Vancouver Is. - 1993025002 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1939/06/02 |
Place |
Vancouver Island |
Provenance |
The photographs in this accession are from the Estate of Jens Mogens Wiedswang and depict his career in the logging industry. Jens Mogens Wiedswang (1897 - 1993) was a Norwegian high rigger who logged in Copper Canyon, Youbou (Camp 6), Tahsis, Chilliwack, Fanny Bay and Salt Spring Island, to name a few. As such, he worked for a variety of different companies, like Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company. He began logging in 1920. A high rigger is a logger who specializes in climbing and trimming a spar-tree and then attaching the cable guys, rigging blocks and lines to it. The spar tree depicted in this photograph was possibly rigged by Jens. |
Search Terms |
logging steam donkey cable logging spar tree |
Collection |
Logging T&E |
People |
Wiedswang |
Subjects |
Documentary, Vancouver Island Heavy Equipment Yarding & Loading |