Logging operations at Lake Pennesseewassee, Norway, 1939

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Workers unloaded logs from a truck onto the ice at Lake Pennesseewassee in Norway, staging them on the frozen lake for transport by stream to a mill, following the spring ice melt.

The Northeastern Timber Salvage Administration oversaw salvage logging efforts in the aftermath of the New England Hurricane of 1938.

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  • Title: Logging operations at Lake Pennesseewassee, Norway, 1939
  • Creation Date: 1939
  • Subject Date: 1939
  • Location: Lake Pennesseewassee, Norway, Oxford County, ME
  • Media: Photographic print
  • Local Code: NAID #5313453, Box 1, 35/16/7
  • Object Type: Image

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