Thanks to everybody who provided input on the bandsaw question.  I 
think the general consensus was that certainly a post-Civil War 
phenomena, with an introduction associated with the large-scale 
slaughter houses of the era.  Whether this occurred before the 
introduction of electricity seems to remain an open question ...

Mark
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