Logger on Top of the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel near Somerset, Pa.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
A man uses his ax to tip over a tall tree on the highest point of the South Pennsylvania line, just above the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel.This photograph is found in a scrapbook documenting the survey for the B. & O. Railroad in West Virginia and surrounding states.
Man standing on top of logs. 'Sound logs of good quality are obtained from Appalachian hardwoods. Selective logging and protection of young growth will insure continuous supplies of such logs.'
'The wood of blight killed chestnut if used within five years is suitable for ties or lumber. Narrow and standard gauge railroads constitute the farmer's market for his tie timber.'