Warren Library Association - Historic Photographs

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An archive of over 300 digital images from the library's Historic Warren Photograph Collection.
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Log Rafts (1888)
Rafts, Lumber industry
A raft of logs built at the mouth of Hemlock Run, about to be run to Warren for construction of the 1888 Harrison-Morton campaign cabin on Liberty Street.
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Raft at Warren Eddy (circa 1896)
Rafts, People, Rivers
The last square-timber raft made up of pieces from logging operations on the Conewango Creek (probably in Pine Grove Township), in the eddy at Warren, circa 1896.
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Raft Construction (1890)
Rafts, Rivers, people, Carts and wagons
Building a lumber raft on the Allegheny River above Warren, about 1890.
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Rafts (1890)
Insurance, Rafts, Lumber industry
View west from the tower of the Warren Savings Bank circa 1890. Center, John Sill Insurance. Two lumber rafts and at least seven square-timber rafts lie in the eddy awaiting higher water. By this time most of downtown Warren's business district was built of brick, and very few rafts left Warren County streams.
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Rafts at Suspension Bridge (circa 1890)
Rafts, Suspension Bridges, Bridges
View to the south side from Pennsylvania Avenue at Hickory Street, circa 1890. The brick structure is the 1873 tollbooth for the bridge.
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Rafts at Tionesta Creek (circa 1890)
Rafts, Rivers
Lumber and square-timber rafts waiting for a rise in river level at the mouth of Tionesta Creek circa 1890 (?).
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Rafts at Warren Eddy (circa 1880)
Rafts, People
The Warren eddy from the foot of Poplar Street in the early 1880s. Lumber rafts made up in the Conewango Creek are being assembled into Allegheny rafts of 3-section width. Note that the raft with a shanty is two-thirds complete.
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Rafts at Warren Eddy (circa 1887)
Barges, Rafts, Rivers
View about 1887 to the south side across the Warren eddy. A plank barge and log rafts float on relatively low water. The brisk wind moving the sailboat suggests a chilly March day.
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Rafts at Warren Eddy (circa 1890)
Rafts, Rivers, Covered bridges
View southwest from Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1890. Log rafts (not common) line the riverbank. Down river is the Philadelphia & Erie railroad covered bridge and to its right the brick buildings of Struthers-Wells Company and the frame Revere House hotel.
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