The World's Largest Flagstaff 



Unloading the largest flagstaff in the 

 world. This huge timber was brought to 

 London from British Columbia, and is 

 shown being towed up the Thames to Kew, 

 where it will be erected in Kew Gardens 



A HUGE log, two hundred and fit- 

 teen feet long, and weighing 

 eighteen tons, was recently trans- 

 ported from British Columbia to Lon- 

 don, to be erected as a flagstaff in Kew 

 Gardens. 



The transportation of this great tim- 

 l)er across the ocean presented unusual 

 difficulties. The pole was finally secured 

 to the deck of a steamer, close to the rail, 

 nuich to the discomfort of the ship's 

 passengers. 



Upon its arrival in London, a number 

 of cranes, operating simultaneously, slid 

 the timber free from stanchions and 

 deck houses, and dropped it into the 

 water, where a line was secured to its 

 butt to tow it up the Thames River to 

 Kew, wiiere it will be erected. 



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