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Lumber flume at Waynesville, North Carolina. 



Box flume in Swaine county, North Carolina. 



IV. Heavy dimension stuff, to be resawn at the outlet of the flume, is sent down from 

 the Sierras. Here the lumber placed in the flume forms one continuous chain, so that it is pre- 

 vented from sticking and catching at the side walls of the flume. 



Famous flumes are those at Chico, Sierra Nevada Range (40 miles of flume), the flume of 

 the Bridal Veil Lumber Company, and the Great Madeira flume, in California. The latter is 



54 miles long, and has a daily carrying capa- 

 city of 400,000 feet of lumber. It costs -v 5,000 

 per mile. 



The scarcity of water in California is the 

 greatest obstacle to the continuous use of flumes. 



High trestle bridge carrying a timber flume in the Sierra. 



Hexagon lumber flume, near Biltmore, North Carolina. 



