About
Subject
Insurance -- Rafts -- Lumber industry
Description
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.
Time Period Covered
19th and 20th Century photography and text.
Original Format
Photographs
Source
Warren Library Association Photograph Collection
Relation
Allegheny Chronicles-Rafting and Lumbering
Contact
For information on source and images, contact the Warren Library Association, Reference Department, 205 Market St., Warren, PA 16365. Phone (814) 723-4650, Reference menu option, or email reference@warrenlibrary.org .
Contributing Institution
Warren Library Association
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
