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On Mar 8, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Charles Redwine wrote:
> Histarchs-
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> I am going to write a context and site history on the Henderson/Boyd
> Sawmill
> in Coffee County Alabama. This steam sawmill was in operation for a
> couple
> of decades, burning in 1906, being rebuilt, and closing in 1913. I
> would
> appreciate secondary sources in any of three areas. First, U.S. steam
> sawmill industry from this period, to provide interregional
> comparisons.
> Second, specifically the steam sawmill industry of the south Alabama
> pine
> belt. Third, sources on the sawmill industry in different parts of
> Europe
> and their influences on the industry in this U.S. region, i.e. was
> there a
> specific region of Europe whose sawmill and logging industry provided a
> model for that of the southern U.S. pine belt. Thanks in advance for
> all
> who reply.
I presume you've read the contextual history in "A history of
industrial power in the United States, 1780-1930" by Louis C. Hunter.
One entire volume is dedicated to steam.
The Civil War vintage Jeremy Francis Gilmer maps of VA have annotations
for "SSM". What one sees in the field are a platform that the engine
sat upon, a sipping hole for water and for some reason lots of broken
cast iron parts on the ground. There is no means of determining where
they will be for obvious reasons.
I'm presuming yours is a stationary "bring the mountain to Muhammad"
type of operation versus the mobile "one tract at a time" type shown on
Gilmer? How was this thing supplied with logs?
Interesting subject, if perniciously difficult to deal with.
Lyle Browning
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