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Millsite Tour
all photographs copyright brett gallant |
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1 - the Old Mill
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The original
old mill: with its faded and dingy white siding provides an excellent
contrast to the new open mill. The patch work mixing of plain and faded
white siding creates a story all by itself. This mill is still operational
providing two entry points for logs at the mill complex. |
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2 - the New Mill
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The “new”
mill is open on all four sides for viewing the sawmill machinery. Included
is the log deck, carriage, double saw husk, live rolls, cutoff saw, and
dead rolls. Overhead belts drive the machinery and details. The second
floor contains the saw filers room. |
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3 - the Log Haul
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The log
haul connects to the deck via a mechanism than drives the log haul chain.
The gears of the drive are visible in the extreme right of the picture
where the logs enter the mill.
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4 - the Front Dock and Flat Car Table
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The logs
that eventually sink in the pond are raised to the surface by the log
pond boat then “poled” to the flat car table. Here they are chained in
place and brought to dock level. |
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5 - the Dry Rollway
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Logs are
stored here until needed in the mill. The heavy timbers and bracing can
support some serious big sticks! |
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6, 7, 8 - the Log Pond Details
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The narrow
dock, boat house, dynamite shack, and log pond boat shed comprise the
log pond details. |
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9 - the Log Pond
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What good
is a pond that is not well stocked with logs? The mill depends on a steady
flow of timber to cut and the pond keeps the logs fresh and ready. The
small boat is in this shot working on bringing a sinker up from the bottom. |
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10, 11 - the Unloader and Brow
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13 - the Transfer Table
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Cut lumber
is graded and sorted on the series of tracks making up the transfer table.
The platform on wheels in the lower right travels back and forth along
the wooden rails moving small log buggies to the different tracks. |
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14 - the Rough Drying Shed
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The freshly
cut lumber is stacked and dried here before being sorted and sent by rail
to its final destination. |
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15 - the Sawdust Shed
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Sawdust is stored and kept dry until
it is conveyed to the burn area and disposed of either by hauling away for fuel around the camp or simply burned in place. |
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16 - the burn Wall/Area
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Sawdust
and scrap wood is burned on the “other” side of this cement wall. |
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17 - the Elevated Slab Bin
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The elevated
slab bin stores slab until the boilers need it for fuel. A simple coal
gate type of chute is used to remove the desired slab. Loggers kept it
simple! |
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18 - the Boilerhouse
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The boiler
house and tall stacks are a great scene. Inside is a large brick stationary
boiler and mill engine. |
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