Sökning: "women in timber floating"
Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden women in timber floating.
1. “It was a free and healthy job” : timber floating on the river Ångermanälven in the 20th century
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementSammanfattning : The exploitation of northern Sweden's forests began in about the 1830s and continued expanding northwards over the following decades. A key factor that enabling the exploitation of these forests was the natural infrastructure, such as the network of rivers, creeks and flooding during the summer, which made it possible to float timber from the forests to the sawmills on the coast. LÄS MER
2. "Det var ett äventyr" - en studie om livet som flottare efter Piteälven
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementSammanfattning : Flottning av virke i större skala inleddes i samband industrialiseringen i början av 1800-talet och ändå fram till slutet av 1960-talet var flottningen det dominerande och mest ekonomiska transportmedlet för virke. Succesivt tog lastbilarna över och flottningen avvecklades. LÄS MER