159. Boom Piers
Northland Dairy Bar, beside the Androscoggin River in Berlin, NH
Stalking New Hampshire's Historical Markers
All text and images on this website (c)2002 Mary Lizie and Robert Marville
1/5/2002
159. Boom Piers |
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| located on the east side of NH16 north of town but south of
the Northland Dairy Bar, beside the Androscoggin River in Berlin, NH |
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"The small man-made 'islands' in the river were used to
secure a chain of boom logs which divided the Androscoggin River during the colorful and dramatic
annual log drives, when the Brown Paper Company and the International Paper Company shared the river
from the forests far upriver to the mills at Berlin. The logs were stamped on the ends with a marking
hammer to identify their ownership, and they were sorted at a 'sorting gap' further upriver. The log
drives ended in 1963. The old piers continue to serve as a reminder of North Country heritage."
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