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Oakum and tools for caulking Hemp Prisoners picking oakum at Coldbath Fields Prison in London. Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibers used to seal gaps. Its traditional application was in shipbuilding for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships. [1]
Built in 1640, C. A. Nothnagle Log House, located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is likely the oldest log cabin in the United States. A conjectural replica of the log cabin in which U.S. president Abraham Lincoln was born, now at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Mortonson–Van Leer Log Cabin in New Sweden Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey A replica log cabin at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania A log house ...
Caulk (also known as caulking and calking) [1] is a material used to seal joints or seams against leakage in various structures and piping. The oldest form of caulk consisted of fibrous materials driven into the wedge-shaped seams between boards on wooden boats or ships. Cast iron sewerage pipes were formerly caulked in a similar way.
C. A. Nothnagle Log House, built in New Jersey circa 1640, is likely the oldest log cabin in the United States. Pre-fabricated log houses for export were manufactured in Norway from the 1880s until around 1920 by three large companies: Jacob Digre in Trondheim, M. Thams & Co. in Orkanger, and Strømmen Trævarefabrik at Strømmen. They were ...
Pine tar is a form of wood tar produced by the high temperature carbonization of pine wood in anoxic conditions (dry distillation or destructive distillation).The wood is rapidly decomposed by applying heat and pressure in a closed container; the primary resulting products are charcoal and pine tar.
Spirit Lake Massacre Log Cabin; Squatter's Cabin; Steuben Log Cabin; Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead; Sulphide–Frisco Cabin; Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin; Sushana River Ranger Cabin No. 17; Swamp–Meadow Cabin (east) Swamp–Meadow Cabin (west) Patrick Robert Sydnor Log Cabin
Mortonson–Van Leer Log Cabin, also known as Schorn Log Cabin, is a historic cabin and one of the last historical dwellings in Swedesboro, New Jersey, United States. It stands on the grounds of the cemetery of the Trinity Church. It is one of the oldest original log cabins of early Swedish-Finnish architecture in the United States. [1]
Sequoyah's Cabin is located east of Akins on the east side of State Highway 101 at a point where it makes a northward jog. The cabin itself is a single-story log structure with a gabled roof, on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land that has a park-like setting. The cabin is now sheltered from the elements by a brick structure built in the 1930s.