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Sawmill Modeling by Morgan Griffiths Sawmilling from 1950 to 1960 in the Truckee
Sawmill Modeling by Morgan Griffiths Sawmilling from 1950 to 1960 in the Truckee River Basin of Northern California
Soft Cover
100 pages
Copyright 1998
CONTENTS
List of Photographs and Illustrationsvi
List of Maps and Plansvii
Introduction 9
CHAPTERS
1. Sawmill Beginnings11
2. Sawmills19
3. Tahoe Sawmills29
4. Sawmill Buildings51
5. Saws61
6. Headsaw and Bringing Logs Up73
7. Mill Machinery81
Final Notes91
APPENDIX
Glossary93
References103
PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate
3-1 Incline Mill28
3-2 Waterwheel Making Power31
3-3 Incline Tram33
3-4 Incline Tram and Take-up Mechanism34
3-5 Glenwood Mill and Pond37
3-6 Glenwood Mill and Living Quarters38
3-7 Loading Flume, Spooner Summit41
3-8 Railroad Off-load and Storage at Spooner42
3-9 V-Flume43
3-10 V-Flume and Trestles45
3-11 Railroad Off Load Structure47
3-12 Flume on Trestle and Off Load48
3-13 Storage Area at Flume Off Load48
4-1 Alder Creek Mill50
4-2 Sawmill Interior52
6-1 Log Ramp72
6-2 Modern Carriage at HeadSaw74
6-3 Circular Saw Husk and Carriage75
6-4 Headsaw Carriage75
6-5 Set-Work for Carriage76
6-6 Set-Works for Carriage76
6-7 Husk for Circular Saw at HeadSaw77
6-8 Examples of Various Headblock and Log Beam Dogs77
6-9 Band Saw78
6-10 Band Saw79
7-1 Hoisting Engine and Boiler80
7-2 Horizontal Boiler and Engine83
7-3 Planer88
MAPS AND PLANS
Photographs and Illustrations
PlatePage
3-1 Incline Mill28
3-2 Waterwheel Making Power31
3-3 Incline Tram33
3-4 Incline Tram and Take-up Mechanism34
3-5 Glenwood Mill and Pond37
3-6 Glenwood Mill and Living Quarters38
3-7 Loading Flume, Spooner Summit41
3-8 Railroad Off-load and Storage at Spooner42
3-9 V-Flume43
3-10 V-Flume and Trestles45
3-11 Railroad Off Load Structure47
3-12 Flume on Trestle and Off Load48
3-13 Storage Area at Flume Off Load48
4-1 Alder Creek Mill50
4-2 Sawmill Interior52
6-1 Log Ramp72
6-2 Modern Carriage at HeadSaw74
6-3 Circular Saw Husk and Carriage75
6-4 Headsaw Carriage75
6-5 Set-Work for Carriage76
6-6 Set-Works for Carriage76
6-7 Husk for Circular Saw at HeadSaw77
6-8 Examples of Various Headblock and Log Beam Dogs77
6-9 Band Saw78
6-10 Band Saw79
7-1 Hoisting Engine and Boiler80
7-2 Horizontal Boiler and Engine83
7-3 Planer88
INTRODUCTION
Sawmills are one of the oldest industries in North America, dating from 1630. They have evolved from simple and crude cutting sites to large high-tech plants. Their early characteristics of simple operation, portability and high potential to be consumed by fire have unfortunately left few examples to study.
Historians of the lumber industry tend to limit their detail to tree cutting and transport of logs to the mill. When discussing the sawmill they locate it geographically, identify its owners, years of operation and quantity of timber milled. Plans of the mills, equipment used or pictures showing these machines in operation are very scarce.
Sawmills have existed in almost every area of the United States and Canada. Model railroaders have also modeled it as one of their favorite subjects. This book attempts to explain the process of making logs into lumber during the period of the late 1800s to the mid-1900s. The area selected to tell this story is the Northern Sierra mountain range around Lake Tahoe, on the border of California and Nevada.
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