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Steam lumber and product mill in NC

General Discussion
#1

'snot a locomotive, but by golly it runs on steam…

http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/2900/2907.html

Enjoy.

tac

#2

Tac;
Thanks for post that most interesting video on steam sawmill.
David

#3

Very interesting Tac. Besides which there is quite a lot of information for modelers on that web site. Thanks for the post.

#4

Also please have a look at Oregon’s own steam sawmill - the only one left on the west side, AFAIR. It’s the Hull-Oakes lumber mill near Dawson, just down the line from Corvallis - me and Joe are going there next time we are over, it seems. Plenty on YT about it -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvb4KBGZ2c plus many more…

…and there is also a great DVD from Golden Rail Videos that was my last birthday present.

tac

#5

TAC:

Thank you for a great post. Really worth watching!

In addition to Hull-Oakes, there is another U.S. West Coast steam powered mill at Occidental, CA, above the Russian River and near (~60 miles) my abode. The lumbering town of Occidental was Mile Post 67.6 on the North Pacific Coast (NPC) Railroad.

The mill is still under restoration, but operational. Here is a link:

Sturgeon’s Mill Restoration Project

Noted architect, NPC (0-scale) modeler, NG&SL Gazette author, and California narrow gauge railroad historian Boone Morrison is involved in that restoration project, along with family members of the early owners and a cadre of very dedicated volunteers. Morrison has produced a documentary video of the mill being brought back to operation. Great stuff!

Still, there aren’t more than a very small hand full of these operations remaining in the U.S!

Happy RRing,

Jerry

#6

There is also a small steam operated mill near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. It is called the McLean Mill. Don’t know if they have a website.
Ron

#7

I had a link at 1 time for a steam box maker in NC.
I’ll have to see if I can find it again.

#8

Finally had the time to watch the entire video. Very cool; thanks for posting. I wonder how this shop bypasses OSHA with the unprotected belts & cutters. Are museums exempt?

#9
Jon Radder said:
Finally had the time to watch the entire video. Very cool; thanks for posting. I wonder how this shop bypasses OSHA with the unprotected belts & cutters. Are museums exempt?
Don't know.....but don't give the folks at OSHA any ideas ;) Ralph