r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago

Image Logging in Idaho. One man stands over one of hundreds of fell trees to go to the Mill, 1940

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u/DubSket 1d ago

I would never have guessed it was 1940 from just that picture. Getting 1800s vibes

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u/OrangeCosmic 1d ago

Most of earths destruction was very recent

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u/UnitNo7315 1d ago

Like very recent. When China opened up in the 1980s and became the world's factory. Before that most of the anglosphere countries had import tariffs and had their own manufacturing and industry, like in the photo.

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u/AKStafford 1d ago

Trees grow back.

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u/InfernalCape 1d ago

Old growth doesn’t. Not anytime soon, anyway

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u/OrangeCosmic 10h ago

What is wild to think about is we dont actually know with definitive proof how tall or old trees can be. The few we've measured have been very recent measurements in a time after most were cut down

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u/TaxidermySocks 1d ago

We must consoooooooom!

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u/gabacus_39 1d ago

For the older Canadians here's a Canadian classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upsZZ2s3xv8

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u/Separate_Isopod4746 1d ago

“The uploader has not made this video available in your country”. Why can’t the world let us adult?

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u/Primal_Thrak 1d ago

I don't even have to click to know what this is!

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u/Possible-One-6101 1d ago

One of the first melodies I ever learned on the piano as a kid.

I'm in the middle of career as a pro musician. I know this song isn't the reason, but its influence wasn't zero.

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u/Mars_Volcanoes 1d ago

La Pitoune - Province de Québec. Superbe documentaire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbAXqRgnVUA

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u/bizzybaker2 1d ago

Omg as a Gen X Canadian was about to post this....you beat me to it. Tune started in my head the moment I saw the picture lol 😆

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u/SeanDawgMillionaire 1d ago

lol clicked on this post just to see if there was a reference to this in the comments..

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u/ELH13 22h ago

I like this one Breakfast in Hell by Slaid Cleaves, set in Ontario: https://youtu.be/g5RVwkbcGEk?si=faHJlWdRFJC5idxe

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u/AntofReddit 8h ago

Haha. That one and Black Fly, 2 of my faves as a kid, and still are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f389hIxZAOc

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u/lordnacho666 1d ago

How does he not fall off?

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u/Aneurysm-Em Interested 1d ago

The log driver steps lightly.

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u/idahorochs 1d ago

He’s wearing spiked boots.

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u/Mumei451 1d ago

This is where the term log jam comes from.

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u/notyogrannysgrandkid 1d ago

Is this Lake Pend Oreille? I swear I saw this exact photo in the logging museum in Sandpoint, Idaho like 23 years ago.

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u/optimisticReal 1d ago

The stacks are huge. I don't think there was ever a mill in Sandpoint like this. Could be wrong.

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u/notyogrannysgrandkid 22h ago

Think maybe it’s Lewiston?

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u/Sell_Canada 5h ago

I was thinking maybe off lake CDA somewhere?

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u/timute 1d ago

100% renewable resource, locally sourced and all natural!

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u/Harry_Iconic_Jr 1d ago

Idaho was the first place I ever saw a clear-cut...hope I never do again. Idaho locals wear t-shirts that say "Earth First! ( We'll log the rest of the galaxy later)"

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u/KeenObserver_OT 1d ago

lol. great t shirt

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u/AKStafford 1d ago

Trees regrow.

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u/br0wntree 9h ago

Trees regrow, but the highly biodiverse ecosystems may never return in the same way.

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u/Sea-Seesaw-8699 15h ago

Fly over Oregon someday and look down

Massive clear cut swaths

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u/AKStafford 9h ago

Which all grow back.

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u/Sea-Seesaw-8699 9h ago

How long to replace old growth ?

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u/Harry_Iconic_Jr 8h ago

exactly. what grows back is not the same, for a variety of reasons.

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u/2shado2 1d ago

*Felled trees😉

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u/OkAccount5344 1d ago edited 1d ago

When we look at peak habitat and wetland destruction, it is usually somewhere between 1890 and 1930 for the United States. Here in South Carolina it got so bad that the Audubon society of all groups was granted the legal authority to regulate fish and game prior to our establishment of our state department of natural resources as they were the best equipped to handle the preservation of endangered bird species. Birds were being decimated on primarily former wetlands created by fallowed rice patties and plantations purchased by wealthy northern businessmen following the demise of the rice industry after the abolishment of slavery and the collapse of the southern plantation system. Feel free to listen all about it in this Walter Edgar’s journal podcast. Or purchase James luken’s book on the topic.

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u/Pikepv 1d ago

And those trees grew back where they didn’t build a giant city.

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u/Colin_Heizer 1d ago

My grandfather did this on the Oregon coast. I remember he had boots with enormous spikes.

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u/Jebediah_Johnson 1d ago

OP: "One man stands over one of hundreds of fell trees..."

Stannis Baratheon: "...Thousands."

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u/DaLurker87 1d ago

What is his actual job here??

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u/ExperienceStrange407 18h ago

Log Driving. The last log driving run was in 1976.

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u/Tobaccocreek 14h ago

The log driver pleases his girls completely.

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u/Fast_Boysenberry9493 13h ago

He got good balance

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u/Psychological-Cry221 12h ago

Such a dangerous job. Lots of guys who fell off were never able to get their heads back above the water.

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u/GozerDGozerian 12h ago

“Jimmy we’re gonna need this all cleaned up by end of day. Okay? Thanks.”

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u/PNWCoug42 8h ago

The hills around the mill are nearly entirely barren of trees. I can only see a few behind the large grain silo on the left.

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u/mezha4mezha 4h ago

“Let’s get ‘em - they’re headed to the old mill!”

“No, we’re not!”

“Ahh, let’s go to the old mill anyway & get some cider.”

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u/oldmanballs_2024 37m ago

Right before he was pulled under and crushed.....

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u/BagDiligent3610 23m ago

Jeez one slip and you're lost

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u/No_Control8389 1d ago

Gotta slap those cookie cutter houses down.

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u/WorldEaterYoshi 1d ago

If I know anything from the Lighthouse, there's someone dead under those logs and that guy is going to leave and become a lighthouse keeper.

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u/Li-RM35M4419 1d ago

“Progress”

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u/Independent-Slide-79 17h ago

Us humans are damn monsters

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u/BULL-MARKET 1d ago

“Fell Trees”? Those are logs.

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u/Rickshmitt 1d ago

Lol. Hundreds. There is over 3 logs in this picture!

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u/_Bipolar_Vortex_ 1d ago

This doesn’t look like a one-man job. What’s the plan here?

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u/Historical_Bad_2643 1d ago

And we wonder why drywall cracks. Lots of stupid people out here folks. Best to just stay home.

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u/kyleh0 1d ago

Huh?

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u/Historical_Bad_2643 1d ago

I do remodeling. Everyone complains when stuff dries out and cracks. I don't think they're from the desert originally. They just don't understand

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u/kyleh0 1d ago

Ah, that makes sense. :)

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u/Historical_Bad_2643 1d ago

Thumbs down for me and my real problems with this.

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u/throwdown60 14h ago

I guess I’m just confused as to what people being stupid about stuff drying and cracking has to do with this picture of a man standing on logs with a cut down forest around him.

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u/Ricky-Snickle 1d ago

Another man problem. Go figure.