Steam Mill Tour
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| T O U R O F T H E S T E A M M I L L S T A R T S H E R E . . . | ||
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| David Hull introduces us to Tom, who will be guiding us through the mill today. | ||
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| The logs come up from the pond and then the bark is stripped off | ||
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| The saw room. These band saw blades have to be sharpened every two hours. | ||
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| It was really interesting to watch the saw blades come down at the cut the different dimensions of wood into different lengths. | ||
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| Here is one of the two steam engines that runs the mill | ||
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| The noise was pretty intense at times and we were all told to wear eye plugs | ||
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| Sawdust gets fed into the fire pot with this shute | ||
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| I had always wondered what the inside of a bee hive sawdust burner looked like. Now I know. | ||
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| When the tour was over, everyone had gone for lunch. So we got to walk back through the area where the logs are cut into boards. | ||
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