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The arms show a special tool to grab trees. The image shows the arms as used presently by the borough of Wiesbaden. The image below shows the proposal as made in 1956.<br> | The arms show a special tool to grab trees. The image shows the arms as used presently by the borough of Wiesbaden. The image below shows the proposal as made in 1956.<br> | ||
Historically several tree trunks were connected to each other to form one or more large rafts to ship them down the river Main up to Kostheim where a paper manufacturing factory still exists. The men on the rafts used the grippers to hold and move the tree trunks. | Historically several tree trunks were connected to each other to form one or more large rafts to ship them down the river Main up to Kostheim where a paper manufacturing factory still exists. The men on the rafts used the grippers to hold and move the tree trunks. | ||