Item 78691 - Boom pier construction, Rumford, 1893

Item 78691 - Boom pier construction, Rumford, 1893
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Item 78691
Boom pier construction, Rumford, 1893
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This image shows a crew building the boom pier on the Androscoggin River, above the upper dam in East Rumford.

Boom piers were constructed to separate logs that were being floated down a river to go to the different mills along the Androscoggin river.

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