Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.002.039f |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
MacMillan Bloedel loader toppled over while operator Arvid Johnson was inside. The dogs were not engaged when he swung the arm. The machine ran into the water (Kennedy Boom - Ucluelet Inlet). Arvid was lucky to get out of the roof escape hatch. Loader was an American 700 series. |
Image File Name |
unk-Crashed Loader-Kennedy Boom-2020002039F-jpg72-001 |
Year Range from |
1980 |
Year Range to |
1994 |
Place |
Kennedy Boom |
Provenance |
MacMillan Bloedel Limited was a Canadian forestry company with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1951 Bloedel, Stewart and Welch merged with H.R. MacMillan to form MacMillan Bloedel Limited. Bloedel, Stewart and Welch held many timber resources and MacMillan was the first truly integrated forestry company in British Columbia. The two companies had timber holdings side-by-side and there was a natural synergy from this merger. In 1959 Macmillan Bloedel merged with a third company, Powell River Limited. MacBlo was purchased by Weyerhaeuser in 1999. |
Search Terms |
MacMillan Bloedel M&B Accident Booming Grounds Ucluelet Inlet Kennedy Lake Log Boom Loader American 700 Series |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Johnson |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Heavy Equipment Yarding & Loading Boom & Dryland Sort |