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This Was Sawmilling: Sawdust Sagas Of The Western Mills

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Mebane, North Carolina, United States
Jan 30th

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This Was Sawmilling: Sawdust Sagas of the Western Mills, by Ralph W. Andrews, published by Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, 1994. 8 1/2 x 11 paperback, 176 pages, with 240 color photos. ISBN 0-88740-593-2 Please note this book is new, not used. The reissue of the classic history about the sawmill industry in the Pacific Northwest is rich in memories. Here is the vital and true story of the triumphant growth and its undying promise, shown with superb photography and told with exciting text. The utilitarian waterwheel, the great days of the steam sawmill, and the epic courage of the schooner masters are told in all their glory. Ralph Andrews augments his careful and thorough research with anecdotes of the men who transformed logs into the building materials of a nation. The reader takes a step back in time, as the author brings to life the history of the industry which has gone on continuously since 1825. Table of Contents: WATER WHEELS IN THE WEST Georgetown Mill Had Long Career Big Waterwheel Turned But Fidalgo City Died The Old Deter Mill Waterpower On Tidewater Steam Replaces Waterpower Sawmilling In Klamath 1900-1943 TIMBER VENTURES AND ADVENTURES Pioneer Lumbering In Montana Echoes From The Spokane Pines Sawmilling At Silverton Drama In The Sugar Pine When Sawmilling Was Two-Handled GULLET CRACKS Thomas Askew's Dream Came True McLaren Mill Grows Up Alberni’s Famed Five Historic Westport MILLS FOR THE RAIL TRADE The Night Shift The White River Story Gold Rush Started Olympic Area Lumbering Sawmills Of Southwestern Siskiyou TIMBER AT TIDEWATER Home Of The Brave And The Free Fabulous And Famous Prayer In The Planing Mill "Spotless Town" Gone But Not Forgotten Portland Harbor Sawmills Three Whistles Saved The Mill Brookings Had A Sawmill Lumber On The High Seas Coos Bay Goes Sawmilling Mendocino County Has Colorful Past The Cook House Is Gone Marvelous One-Man Sawmill CLEARS AND STARS The Influence Of Swedish Breakfast Food On The Lumber Industry WATER LINES TO MILL AND MARKET Silvertip's Ride SAWS AND MEN Sawmill Sign Language Sawyers And Setters Filers Are Key Men In The Mills STIFFS AND SAVAGES Erickson's "Free Fare To Happy Valley" OLDEST SAWMILL IN NORTHERN B.C. Famous Georgetown mill built of hewn timber by George Williscroft in 1875 on Big Bay, 17 miles north of Prince Rupert. Water wheel was used for power at first giving an output of 5000 feet a day. Mill was improved and after George Williscroft's death in 1895, operated by his brother W. A. Williscroft and several other succeeding companies including Big Bay Lumber Company. (Photo British Columbia Forest Service) SPOKANE RIVER POWERED GRAHAM MILL Charles Graham, whose father pioneered in sawmilling at Windsor, homesteaded and built this waterwheel and mill in 1900 at what is now Scotia, above Spokane. 5 men took 12 to 15 thousand feet out of mill in 10 hour day. (Photo courtesy Doris Schaub) FIRST STEEL WHEEL, on band saw head rig in redwoods. In the 90's, C. R. Johnson, founder of Union Lumber Company, braved ridicule in introducing band saws which first used wooden wheels. Arm at left controlled belt to wheel, was hinged to clear big redwood logs. (Photo Union Lumber Company co1lection)