Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Mill Scale Study of Western Yellow Pine
The mill operated by the Red River Lumber Company on its holdings at Westwood, Lassen County, during the summer of 1913. Was of modern band-saw type, electrically equipped with separate motor drives for each piece of machinery. Its capacity was board feet for an eleven-hour shift. The saw used was 16 gauge and 12 swedge - one tenth inch thick with cutting edge one-eighth inch wide. The log carriage was shotgun type limited to logs of not less than eight feet and not more than twenty-four feet in length. The diameter of the largest log that could be sawed was forty-six inches at the large end.
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