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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 ...
Maine Forest & Logging Museum also known as Leonard's Mills, has Maine's only operational saw mill. Morgan's Mills in Union, Maine produces wholesale grist mill products. Scribner's Mills in Harrison, Maine is working on reconstructing an up-and-down sawmill. Maryland. Wye Mill c.1682 The oldest continuously operating grist mill in the United ...
Baird Brothers Fine Hardwoods, also known by its incorporated name, Baird Brothers Sawmill, was founded in 1960. [1]President Paul Baird, the last surviving founder, but the company still remains a family owned and operated business.
The original mill was built about 1816 by Isiah Bryant and John Wallace, who also operated the mill for several years. It was rebuilt in 1850 by William Elliott (or Elliot) as a three-story mill, and its owners included James Smiley and later his son-in-law, William L. Lane of Oxford, whose name remains attached to the mill and the road.
Journal of Forest History 29.4 (1985): 156–168. online; Davis, Richard C. Encyclopedia of American forest and conservation history (1983) vol 1 online see also 2 online, 871pp. See online review of this book; Defebaugh, James Elliott. History of the lumber industry of America (1907) classic older history; covers US and Canada online; Eyle ...
Peake was born in Maryland in about 1722, lived in Pennsylvania, and later, in 1809, settled in the area that became Cleveland, Ohio. [1] [2] Peake bought a farm on the settlement's outskirts. He may have been the city's first African American resident. He reportedly fought with the British in the French and Indian War before deserting. [1] [4] [5]
Linton Mills had its start when a sawmill was established at the site in 1847. [2] A post office opened at Linton Mills in 1853, and the first postmaster was George Washington Phillips. It remained in operation until 1901. [3]
Bear's Mill is a historic gristmill near the city of Greenville in Darke County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1849, [ 1 ] this watermill is the oldest existing industrial building in Darke County. Built by Manning Hart, [ 2 ] a local contractor , [ 3 ] the mill lies along Greenville Creek in southwestern Adams Township , midway between ...