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Re: log crib dam construction
From:
Patrick Martin <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:42:18 -0400
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The crib dam is everywhere in the nineteenth century, fundamental
technology.  Lyle is correct re: the Leffel book as a basic reference.  I
excavated a crib dam and portions of a gristmill site in the 70s for the
Mackinac Island State Park Commission and my diss.  They published as "The
Mill Creek Site and Pattern Recognition in Historical Archaeology" in 1985,
available on Amazon and elsewhere.  Michigan State University Library has
the published version and an electronic version of the diss online, too.
Good luck!
PEM


On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:29 AM Cindy Nagel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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]>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > > office: (319) 354-6722
> > > cell:  (319)325-6200
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*Research Professor of Industrial Archaeology*
*Department of Social Sciences*
*Michigan Technological University*
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