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BORNEO

Gallery Three - Borneo: These photographs were taken in 1958 or 1959 and I have included them to give some idea of how logging operations were carried out in Borneo in those days. There was no "slash and burn" policy as is generally used today in the logging areas of the world and as I recall, we were lucky if we could obtain approval to fell more than one or at most two logs per acre. This was to give time for regeneration of the forest. These photographs were taken with a Rolleiflex.
Logger felling a tree_Sarawak_1958
Logger felling a tree_Sarawak_1958
Log being manhandled onto skids (1)
Log being manhandled onto skids (1)
Log almost in position
Log almost in position
Towing log by manpower to railline
Towing log by manpower to railline
Log being manouvered onto railline
Log being manouvered onto railline
Log being loaded onto rail truck
Log being loaded onto rail truck
Log loaded on railcar
Log loaded on railcar
Log & passengers returning to base
Log & passengers returning to base
Assembling a log raft.
Assembling a log raft.
Jungle sawmill
Jungle sawmill
Going home!
Going home!