Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Broughton Lumber Mill, Washington"

Includes ... Broughton Lumber Mill ... Broughton Flume ... Willard, Washington ... Hood, Washington ... Spring Creek Fish Hatchery ...

Click image to enlarge Broughton Lumber Mill, Washington. Image taken May 10, 2006. Broughton Lumber Mill ... The old Broughton Lumber Mill, located in Hood, Washington, was the lower, eastern end of the Broughton Flume. Although the mill closed at the end of 1986, the buildings remain on the north side of Washington State Highway 14, across from the Spring Creek Fish Hatchery. Broughton Flume ... The nine-mile-long, 1,000-foot drop flume was the last operating flume in the United States, floating rough-sawn boards from Willard, Washington, to the Broughton Lumber Mill at Hood. At the Broughton Mill the planks were processed into finished lumber and shipped east or west on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway. [More] Click image to enlarge Closeup, information sign, Broughton Flume, Drano Lake, Washington. Image taken March 24, 2013. Willard Mill ... The mill at Willard, Washington, is the upper end of the Broughton Flume. In Willard the newly harvested logs were rough-sawn into boards called "cants" and then dropped into the flume to begin their nine-mile flume journey to the finishing mill at Underwood/Hood (Broughton Lumber Mill). [More] Click image to enlarge Broughton Flume section, Willard, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. Views ... Click image to enlarge Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken May 10, 2006. Click image to enlarge Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken June 12, 2012. Click image to enlarge Near tracks, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken June 12, 2012. Click image to enlarge Hood crossing, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken March 24, 2013. Click image to enlarge Tracks, Hood crossing, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken March 24, 2013. Click image to enlarge Concrete supports for (???), Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken March 24, 2013. Click image to enlarge Wigwam burner, and sawdust feeder and line, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken March 24, 2013. A wigwam burner, also known as teepee burner or beehive burner, is a free-standing conical steel structure used in logging mills to dispose of waste wood and sawdust. Click image to enlarge Wigwam Burner and sawdust feeder lines, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken March 24, 2013. Click image to enlarge Sawdust feeder shed (???) and feeder lines, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken March 24, 2013. Click image to enlarge Truck, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken June 12, 2012. Click image to enlarge Office, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken June 12, 2012. Click image to enlarge Office post, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. Image taken June 12, 2012. End of the Flume ... Click image to enlarge Concrete pad, end of the Broughton Flume at Broughton Mill, Hood, Washington. The dry lumber storage building is on the left. Overhead pipe is a sawdust feeder line. Image taken March 24, 2013. Buildings from Highway 14 ... Click image to enlarge Buildings, View from Washington Highway 14, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. View from moving car. Image taken June 12, 2012. Click image to enlarge Buildings, View from Washington Highway 14, Broughton Lumber Mill, Hood, Washington. View from moving car. Image taken April 6, 2016. View from Ruthton Park, Oregon ... Click image to enlarge Broughton Mill, Washington, as seen from Ruthton Park, Hood River, Oregon. Image taken November 10, 2014. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, October 29, 1805 ... Return to Menu

*River Miles [RM] are approximate, in statute miles, and were determined from USGS topo maps, obtained from NOAA nautical charts, or obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website, 2003 Sources:    (see Broughton Flume);    All Lewis and Clark quotations from Gary Moulton editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals, University of Nebraska Press, all attempts have been made to type the quotations exactly as in the Moulton editions, however typing errors introduced by this web author cannot be ruled out; location interpretation from variety of sources, including this website author.

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