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Re: log crib dam construction
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Cindy Nagel <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 Aug 2019 08:29:04 -0500
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Daniel,

Looking for information on the construction of crib dams. This dam was
associated with a grist mill. I will check out the reference you mentioned
as the splash dam sounds interesting.

Thank you!

*Cindy L. Nagel*
Project Archaeologist
Tallgrass Archaeology LLC
2460 S. Riverside Drive
Iowa City, Iowa  52246
office: (319) 354-6722
cell:  (319)325-6200



On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 6:56 AM Davis, Daniel B (KYTC) <[log in to unmask]>
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> Are you looking for information on splash dams or just log dams? Splash
> dams are log crib dams used to temporarily raise water level to hold felled
> trees, with a center portion that can be knocked away or splashed, allowing
> the logs to float down to the sawmill. They were fairly common in eastern
> Kentucky in about your time frame. I've got "Splash Dam Construction in
> Eastern Kentucky's Red River Drainage Area", by Fred Coy, Tom Fuller, Larry
> Meadows and Don Fig. The article appeared in the October 1992 (Vol. 36, No.
> 4) issue of Forest and Conservation History from Duke University Press, and
> "Splash Dams used to Move Timber in Eastern Kentucky with Special Reference
> to the Red River Gorge by the same authors. It was in Tennessee
> Anthropologist, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Fall 1991. I recorded the remains of one
> such dam in the Clifty Creek Wilderness Area of the Gorge in 1995, and
> there were at least two others in the same drainage that had already been
> identified. I can scan those and send them to you if you are interested and
> can't find them elsewhere.
>
>
> Daniel B. Davis
> Administrative Branch Manager, Cultural Resources Section
> Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
> Division of Environmental Analysis
> 200 Mero Street
> Frankfort, KY 40622
> (502) 564-7250 or (502) 782-5013
> KYTC Archaeology and KYTC Cultural Historic
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Cindy Nagel
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 3:02 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: log crib dam construction
>
> Harding and all,
>
> Geographic location is Midwest, Iowa specifically. Time frame of
> associated non-extant mill, 1862-1888.
>
> time frame for the
> *Cindy L. Nagel*
> Project Archaeologist
> Tallgrass Archaeology LLC
> 2460 S. Riverside Drive
> Iowa City, Iowa  52246
> office: (319) 354-6722
> cell:  (319)325-6200
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 1:46 PM Harding Polk <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Are you looking at a specific time period?  Or region? Log crib
> > construction was very common for the construction of wharves and docks
> > (the topic of my never completed Master's thesis). Crib construction
> > has been used for a very long time. I am presently documenting an 1890
> > log crib founded reservoir dam in rural New Mexico.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cindy Nagel <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wed, Aug 21, 2019 11:33 am
> > Subject: log crib dam construction
> >
> > Can anyone pint me in the direction of resources concerning log crib
> > dam construction. Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> > *Cindy L. Nagel*
> > Project Archaeologist
> > Tallgrass Archaeology LLC
> > 2460 S. Riverside Drive
> > Iowa City, Iowa  52246
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