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The volume of a face cord or a rick [29] depends on the length of the logs that are stacked in a 4 by 8 ft (1.22 by 2.44 m) pile. When 16 in (41 cm) logs are used, the volume is 42 + 2 ⁄ 3 cubic feet (1.21 m 3) which is one third of a full or bush cord stack of wood. [28]
Louis Graveraet Kaufman, c. 1910. American businessman Louis Graveraet Kaufman began building Granot Loma in 1919, for use as a summer residence. He hired Marshall and Fox of Chicago as architects and employed three hundred local craftsmen, [6] and was believed to have hired local expert log builder Nestor Kallioinen to oversee the construction. [7]
Bog-wood may come from any tree species naturally growing near or in bogs, including oak (Quercus – "bog oak"), pine , yew , swamp cypress and kauri . Bog-wood is often removed from fields and placed in clearance cairns. It is a rare form of timber that is claimed to be "comparable to some of the world's most expensive tropical hardwoods".
A Eucalyptus being felled using springboards, c. 1884–1917, Australia McGiffert Log Loader in East Texas, US, c. 1907 Lumber under snow in Montgomery, Colorado, 1880s Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport .
The little locomotives that ran the rails of the Michigan-California Lumber Co. were mostly Shays, small steamers usually weighing around 65,000 pounds, but built to pull the heaviest loads. There were other types of locomotives used, but the Shay was the workhorse of the Michigan-California Lumber Company.
A fund-raising campaign by the Michigan Nature Association lead in 1973 to the purchase of 200 acres from Universal Oil. Three subsequent acquisitions, between 1989 and 2005, have expanded the sanctuary to 510 acres. The area protects one of the last old-growth white pine (Pinus strobus) stands in Michigan. Two connected loop trails are in the ...
A sawmill with the floating logs in Kotka, Finland. Logs are converted into lumber by being sawn, hewn, or split. Sawing with a rip saw is the most common method, because sawing allows logs of lower quality, with irregular grain and large knots, to be used and is more economical. There are various types of sawing:
White Pine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 474 at the 2010 census. [3] White Pine is located within Carp Lake Township. Much of White Pine was developed in the 1950s as a company town for miners at the White Pine mine. Mining ...