• Introduction
• Locating The Saw Mill
• The Manufacturing Plant
• Log Storage
• Elevation Of Logs Into The Mill
• The Log Deck
• The Saw Carriage
• The Head Saw
• Resaw Mills
• The Edger
• The Trimmer
• Waste Disposal
• Lumber Handling And Transfer Equipment
• Grading And Storage
• The Saw Mill Power Plant
• Mill Employees
• Auxiliary Mills
• Double Band Saw Mill Plan (53kb)
• Reference Materials
• Climax Locomotives

Reference Materials

References for the information contained on this web site include the following:

Dinkies, Dams, and Sawdust
Book No. 12 of the Logging Railroad Era in Pennsylvania
By Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr.

The Circular Saw Mill
By C. H. Wendell

The American Lumberman
Various issues from the early 1900’s

Sawmill Modeling
By Morgan Griffiths

Red River Museum & Historical Society
Clay City, Kentucky

Related Information

Wood Chemical Plants In Pennsylvania
Excellent web site detailing the operations of the wood chemical industry in Pennsylvania.

Hull-Oakes Saw Mill
Gary M. Katz’ photographic tour of the last steam powered saw mill in the United States

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