cribwork
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of cribwork
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To enter the lake from river St Clair two channels have been provided, with retaining walls of cribwork, one for upward, the other for downward bound vessels.
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Where they are absolutely necessary a serviceable bridge is made of cribwork.
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A landing is built of cribwork and the logs are simply rolled on the truck with peavies or cant hooks, or a parbuckle system with skids and horses is used.
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Normally five or six sets of beams extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.
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Because a drive turned down the rapids would simply float all over the lake and have to be gathered up again, a task involving much time and trouble, the logs were always put through a narrow, inner channel protected by cribwork and booms, and caught in other booms below.
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