Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price County, WI
Summary
Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was collected and sorted in man-made ponds before being driven downriver to be assembled into rafts for shipment to lumber mills. The dam was built by lumbermen relying on rules of thumb rather than by engineers working from established scientific principles.
Survey number: HAER WI-7
Building/structure dates: 1883-1886 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after. 1930- before. 1939 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
park falls, 45.93440, -90.44155
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html