Original 50 foot Front Sweep
(Sweep used from Curwensville to Clearfield March 2004)
Hemlock Blade - Spruce Sweep
Rafting Ship Spars
Length of Spars: 90' · 10 Spars Made A Raft
Eastern White Pine
Rafting Square Timber . . . — — Map (db m251209) HM
On March 13, 2004 an authentic timber raft 28 ft. x 110 ft. launched from this point for a 26-mile journey through the county to below Shawville. The raft, including a cabin, was built by over 100 volunteers using logs supplied by Robbins Lumber, . . . — — Map (db m107913) HM
Daring, brawn, and skill — that's what Pennsylvania rivermen needed to deliver timber to market in the early 1800s. Men felled immense Eastern white pines, fastened them together into log rafts, and rode them down river to be used for shipbuilding . . . — — Map (db m191997) HM
