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Dworshak Dam Project. - Land clearing in the Elk Creek area. Bulldozer yo-yo operation. August 3, 1967. 4x5 black and white negative, 1967-08-03

 Item — Object: 13-00704

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection is comprised of just under 10,000 images taken by A.B. Curtis depicting forest management practices, forest fires and their effects, members of the association and other forest officials, forestry personnel and equipment, logging activity, recreational development, scenic views, and other activities and events in the areas administered by the Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association. Notable subjects include images of the North Fork of the Clearwater River before Dworshak Dam was built which flooded the stream to make Dworshak Reservoir.

Formats include color and black and white negatives, color slides, and prints. Many images include a print and negative both. Descriptions are based on retroactive descriptions typed by Curtis and inlcuded at the time of the donation of images. In some cases, personal thoughts or more back stories provided by Curtis are listed that weren't included or were condensed down to make our inventory.

About 200 images from this collection and about 300 items from the related Albert Bruce Curtis papers MG 147, and other collections, were digitized to create the Dworshak Dam Collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967-08-03

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1 item : Yoyo operation - cable from upper cat is tied to other cat so he can crawl back up hill. Note on margin of image: "Elk Cr. Job - H. West Co. Murphy N.C. 8-3-67 - Dworshak Dam -Yo -yo". Note on back: "Same job, same place, same day as #702 and 703. This shows what you do on steep country, where you may turn a cat over and kill a person. Very dangerous. You will note here that two cats are working together. This they call a yo-yo operation. The cable from the upper cat is tied to the cat so that he can crawl back up the hill and make another pass down the hill with debris. They had to work together for safety."

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository