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MacMillan Bloedel Limited fonds

High rigger topping spar tree, top falling

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Photograph depicts a high rigger chopping the top off a tree, with the top beginning to fall. The tree will become a spar tree for the logging of timber. Created by Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Limited Red Band Shingle Mill.

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