George Evans Davis Collection, APA 693

This photograph, from the Davis Collection, shows a log pond at one of the Davis Company's sawmills. Log ponds are important parts of sawmills, because they allow logs to be easily moved to and from areas. At mills where there are log ponds, the logs are taken from the train and "splashed" into the pond. Often, logs are sorted into groups in the pond by type, size and grade before they are taken into the mill. Logs can be moved by one person when floating in the water; if there is no pond, an entire crew, plus machinery and/or horses are needed to move the logs.

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