Spruce, North Carolina, planing mill crew

Description

Champion Fibre Company began operations in the planned logging community of Sunburst in 1907. In 1911 Sunburst moved 4 miles downstream and renamed the upstream site Spruce, currently known as the Sunburst Campground. In November, 1925, after a dry summer, a major fire depleted the forest. Sunburst remained in production until September 15, 1926. In the following years, the logging camp was removed, the West Fork of the Pigeon River was dammed and Lake Logan was created. This photograph shows the planing mill crew. Hubert Clark was the foreman. The mill was located near the bandmill and was used to shave and smooth rough edges of the lumber.
Details
- Creator
  - Unknown
- Format
  - Photographs
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date digitized: 2017-05-16
- Extent
  - Dimension: 3.75" x 4.5"
- Subject - Topic
  - Lumber trade -- North Carolina -- Haywood County -- Employees
- Location
  - Haywood County (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Regional Photographs Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_RP_330
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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