![]() “The Broughton lumber flume was one of the longest-running and longest lasting flumes in the United States,” said Robert Peterson with the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center. It took 55 minutes to travel the flume’s 11 miles. ![]() The Broughton Lumber flume carried unfinished lumber called cants from the Broughton Company sawmill in Willard, Washington, to the remanufacturing plant at Hood, Washington, near Stevenson. It’s a piece of Northwest history in this place where we live. In the Columbia River Gorge, there are remnants of a unique way to get unfinished logs from one place to another. A historical photo of the constructions of the Broughton Lumber flume along the Columbia River Gorge. ![]() ![]() (KOIN) - The timber industry helped build the Pacific Northwest - wood products from Oregon and Washington are shipped around the world. ![]()
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