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"Although Mississippi's great forests of timber have been worked assiduously for many years it still continues to yield it treasures to the swinging axe and singing saw. Left: a log train on the way from the woods to the mill, note the size of the logs compared with the man. Right: unloading the log train at the mill - where it will soon become lumber. Center left: An old water mill at Richton, Perry County, built in 1851, it is (1938) still in use. Such mills provided the lumber and other milled commodities of the days gone by - they have been replaced by more modern mills such as that shown at Center right - the sawmill at Crosby that cut two-million feet in August 1936…. Lower left: lumber stacked in a mill yard, Kemper County there is approximately 300,000 board feet represented in these stacks, which are but a small amount of the yard stocks of this modern Electric Mill. Lower right: high-grade finished lumber in the Electric Mill at Kemper County; not a knot in sight…."
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"Although Mississippi's great forests of timber have been worked assiduously for many years it still continues to yield it treasures to the swinging axe and singing saw. Left: a log train on the way from the woods to the mill, note the size of the logs compared with the man. Right: unloading the log train at the mill - where it will soon become lumber. Center left: An old water mill at Richton, Perry County, built in 1851, it is (1938) still in use. Such mills provided the lumber and other milled commodities of the days gone by - they have been replaced by more modern mills such as that shown at Center right - the sawmill at Crosby that cut two-million feet in August 1936…. Lower left: lumber stacked in a mill yard, Kemper County there is approximately 300,000 board feet represented in these stacks, which are but a small amount of the yard stocks of this modern Electric Mill. Lower right: high-grade finished lumber in the Electric Mill at Kemper County; not a knot in sight…."
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- Title: Pictorial History: Mississippi Agriculture and Industry, Arranged by Mississippi W.P.A. Historical Research Project.
- Description: "Although Mississippi's great forests of timber have been worked assiduously for many years it still continues to yield it treasures to the swinging axe and singing saw. Left: a log train on the way from the woods to the mill, note the size of the logs compared with the man. Right: unloading the log train at the mill - where it will soon become lumber. Center left: An old water mill at Richton, Perry County, built in 1851, it is (1938) still in use. Such mills provided the lumber and other milled commodities of the days gone by - they have been replaced by more modern mills such as that shown at Center right - the sawmill at Crosby that cut two-million feet in August 1936…. Lower left: lumber stacked in a mill yard, Kemper County there is approximately 300,000 board feet represented in these stacks, which are but a small amount of the yard stocks of this modern Electric Mill. Lower right: high-grade finished lumber in the Electric Mill at Kemper County; not a knot in sight…."
- Call Number: Series 0443
- Filename: 73473-sb4-10.tif