Thursday, October 4, 2012

Before Chain Saws

A real history lesson !



Speaking of One-man and Two-man saws.... Check this one out!

When the Northwest logging industry was still young...

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Just look at the length of the hand saw they needed...

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...and look at the size of the heavy duty axes...


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The work required very strong and courageous men...

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After a tree was felled the real work began a week or more to cut it up...

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Maneuvering the logs down the mountain to the train was a complex job...

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Some of the logs were larger than the train engine...


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A hollowed out log became the company's mobile office...

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Hollowed out logs were also used to house and feed the crews...


Can you imagine any of this generation's young men attempting this?

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