Timber Rafting
The earliest mention of timber rafting on the Kinzig was in 1339. The last commercial logging raft navigated the Kinzig in 1896. Regular festivals as well as museums in Gengenbach and Wolfach celebrate a dangerous profession that has been entirely replaced by trucking.
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Famous quotes containing the word timber:
“This fellow will but join you together as they join
wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel, and
like green timber warp, warp.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)