Best of the Historic Steam Sawmill - YouTube
Sep 27, 2015 · Best of the Historic Steam Sawmill. The historic Sawmill and Box Factory operates much the same today as it did 100 years ago. Watch as they fire up their historic mill for a production run...
Sturgeon's Mill Restoration Project – A Step Back In Time
Founded in 1914, Sturgeon’s Mill has been lovingly restored to operate as a working museum. All of the equipment, tools, and steam engines are original. This sawmill is an authentic time capsule of late 19th – early 20th century saw-milling and logging in Western Sonoma County. Learn More.
Hull Oakes Lumber Co - YouTube
May 7, 2017 · A complete tour of the Hull Oaks Lumber Company in Monroe, Oregon, one of the last steam operated sawmills in the country, from arriving timber to finished product.
Sturgeon's Mill - Sonoma County Tourism
Sturgeon’s Mill is a 105 year old steam powered sawmill. We are a working museum that is open 4 weekends a year to the general public. On these weekends historians, gear heads, steam heads and students of California history come to “Step back into History” at our museum.
Sawmill - Wikipedia
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 ...
Chugging Along: A Steam-Powered Sawmill Still Makes Its Mark
Oct 31, 2023 · [Rural Heritage TV] has video of a private tour of a working, two-story, steam-powered sawmill at Lake Itasca, Minnesota. This is believed to be one of the only working steam-powered...
Steam Sawmill - YouTube
Mar 30, 2011 · Steam Sawmill. MrShoptaw. 42.5K subscribers. Subscribed. 521. 89K views 12 years ago. Historic all steam powered saw mill and box factory. Founded in 1897 and listed in the National Historic...
This Is America's Last Steam-Powered Sawmill - Popular Mechanics
Feb 20, 2013 · By 1880, some 77 steam-powered sawmills were turning out lumber in Oregon and Washington alone. Today, Monroe, Ore., is home to the nation's last commercial steam-powered mill, the Hull-Oakes...
Evolution of the Early Sawmill - Farm Collector
Jun 13, 2016 · Steam engines began to replace a few of the water wheels as sawmill power in the U.S. around 1830, but as the population grew, demand for lumber increased and the slow vertical mills were hard-pressed to keep up.
Hull-Oakes Lumber Company and mill - The Oregon Encyclopedia
Traditionally, steam engines muscled the sawmills, making lumber on factory floors where workers courted death and injury amid flapping belts, chains, and vibrating bedlam. Computers and lasers frequently guide today’s lumber mills, which are considerably safer and quieter.