Camp Six Pictures
Adjacent to Camp Six at Port Defiance Park at the northwest end of Tacoma is a clearing filled with the rusted hulks of old logging machinery. Over the weekend, during the afternoon break in the clouds, I took my camera down to the clearing and took pictures of the equipment. I'm going to be running them here over the next couple of days. They aren't historical documents by any stretch, but rather impressions of the machinery of the loader and the yarder.
There is a 110-foot spar tree in the center of the clearing. This pole was used to as a ground for the ropes and the tongs which moved the logs from the loading area onto the railcars and the trucks. It doesn't seem that tall when you are standing at its base, but then what ever does?
There is a plaque attached to one of the machines. It describes the machinery and how it was used. There is a quote which the loading teams lived by: "Run in to save your job; run out to save your life."
The entire Camp Six series will end up at this URL when I'm done. The photo log will show them as they get posted if you want to keep up.