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Belleville is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Belleville is located roughly 29 miles (46.7 km) southwest of downtown Detroit, and 18 miles (29.0 km) southeast of Ann Arbor, and is completely surrounded by Van Buren Township. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 3,991. [4]
The Discovery Park includes approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) of the eponymous creek's watercourse as it flows downhill toward Lake Huron, but not the wetland. The creek dam and sawmill (c. 1790) were rebuilt in 1984; the sawmill was restored in part for the 2007 season. The British Workshop (c. 1820) was rebuilt around 1994 on the site of the ...
The Great Southern Lumber Company sawmill was designed to process 1,000,000 board feet (2,400 m 3) of lumber per day and was the largest sawmill in the world, [4] spread over 160 acres (65 ha). [7] Once pines were felled, logs were dragged to railroad spurs by rail-mounted steam skidders with 1000-ft (300-m) draglines, loaded onto flatcars ...
Wood drying (also seasoning lumber or wood seasoning) reduces the moisture content of wood before its use. When the drying is done in a kiln, the product is known as kiln-dried timber or lumber, whereas air drying is the more traditional method. There are two main reasons for drying wood: Woodworking
Inkster is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Inkster is located about 14 miles (23 km) southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 26,088. [4]
Edgewater Heights is an unincorporated community located along Belleville Lake just west of the city of Belleville at [ 7 ] French Landing is an unincorporated community located along the Huron River near the French Landing Dam and Powerhouse at 42°12′36″N 83°26′23″W / 42.21000°N 83.43972°W / 42.21000; -83.43972
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensional lumber). The "portable" sawmill is simple to operate. The log lies flat on a steel bed, and the ...
Greenfield Mills, near Howe. Family owned and operating. Iowa. Pine Creek Gristmill, Wildcat Den State Park, near Muscatine; Kentucky. Mill Springs Overshot Waterwheel located at Mill Springs Park. The current mill built in 1877 on the site of a previous mill. Currently owned and operated as a park by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.