Interesting story about last commercial steam powered sawmill in America

[ultrarunner]

http://vimeo.com/62883588

http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/hull_oakes_lumber_company_and_mill/

Plan to make a visit on my next trip to Oregon...

Lots of pictures so may take time to load.

Enjoy

Hull-Oakes Sawmill | THISisCarpentry

 

[MossRoad]

Nice. Thanks for posting.

 

[Bob77064]

Great post.

 

[jerrybob]

Great post....will need to visit. We visited the Collier logging Museum in Oregon this past October....very interesting as well.......check it out. Thanks again for the post.

Collier Park Home Page

 

[ultrarunner]

Thanks for the Collier link... I will add it to my list.

Trying to get up to Olympia after the first of the year... hope the weather holds out for the drive up and back.

Are you far from Olympia?

 

[jerrybob]

You're welcome.....we are about 65 miles from Olympia.....suppose to be nice up here for the next week. Have a safe drive.....

 

[hslogger]

I live a couple miles from the mill and buy some boards from them now and again. If you are a steamhead or sliverpicker, by golly it will knock your socks off. Through out all the timber downturns in the PNW, up and down the last forty years, they have continued to operate when the big guys shut down at times. They do er all the old fashioned way pretty much, and are about the only mill that is set up for BIG WOOD. They will offer you a tour if you call in advance. It is a step back in time. Their real specialty is huge rough sawn timbers that go global.