Photographs of logging on the Connecticut River, 1906.

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Photographs of logging on the Connecticut River, 1906.

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As part of its function to protect and develop Massachusetts waterways and public lands, the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners was responsible for maintaining navigable waterways. These photographs of a log jam on the Connecticut River accompanied correspondence from the Holyoke Yacht Club notifying the board of the blocked condition of the river and requesting assistance.

10 photographs ; 5 x 10 cm. (partial box)

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