Born2clearcut Again youve posted some great pictures . The View Spar in posting #96 has a little history to go with it I have a black and white picture of the same #690 laying over on the high side bank with a kink in the tower .(I got the picture from the late and great Roy Johnson if your father is well and has his wits about him Im sure he,ll have a tale or 2 about Roy). Thats probably the reason the 690 had 3 safety guys 1 at fair lead and 1 on each side just back of squaire lead that were hand spiked when the tower was at vertical stage before telescoping up, when the tower was telescoped up and most of the slack was out of the guylines the safety guys were released. Theyhad the same proceduer on there Skajit towers except they only had 2 safety guys on squaire lead .(Im sure you would know Dave Thompson ,he use to hook on it before he went to work for Taylor Way Logging if any body knows about the #690 it would be Dave). In posting #104 its a picture of a barge load of equipment in San Juan Bay being towed up the north arm of the San Juan River there use to be a place where the Indian reservation is now or across the river at the old A frame dump was ,to unload barges . I remember seeing a Veiw Spar out in the bay on nice sunny summer day in the early 60s probably the same one . I dont know if one of them was the #690 or if they were going to Caycuse. The tug towing the barge is the Pacheena Prince. Im sure the posting #117 was taken at Caycuse the corner to the right of the Veiw Spar is the old locie ,later main shop at Caycuse .