. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Interior View of Factory, Showing Heading Machine. Showing Meth of Wire Winding. They are Making Couplings. VIEWS OF THE DOMINION WOOD PIPE COMPANY'S WORKS, NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. The wood pipe industry has been in exist- ence for the past twenty years in the United States, and for the past four years in Canada, the first Canadian factory being located in Vancouver, British Columbia. There are now three wood pipe manufacturing companies on the Canadian coast, two in V
. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Interior View of Factory, Showing Heading Machine. Showing Meth of Wire Winding. They are Making Couplings. VIEWS OF THE DOMINION WOOD PIPE COMPANY'S WORKS, NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. The wood pipe industry has been in exist- ence for the past twenty years in the United States, and for the past four years in Canada, the first Canadian factory being located in Vancouver, British Columbia. There are now three wood pipe manufacturing companies on the Canadian coast, two in Vancouver and one—the Dominion Wood Pipe Company, Limited, in New Westminster. The Dominion Wood Pipe Company is a comparatively new concern, having come into existence about one year ago. This company controls a new pat- It contains a Berlin planer and moulder; a winder, for putting the wire around the pipes; a header, for trimming the ends of the pipes suitable for and adjusting the head or coup- ling; a band re-saw, and a horizontal band cut-off saw. This latter machine is of special construction and its purpose is to trim the ends of the pipe; also to cut couplings. Be- fore they are cut apart, a series of couplings have the appearance of one solid pipe, with the wire wound around for a short distance and then cut off and re-started a little fur- of lumber per day. The system was installed by the North Coast Dry Kiln Company of Seattle, Wash. The dry kiln is a special fea- ture of the Dominion Company's equipment, and they are thus assured always of having perfectly dry lumber for use. The storage shed is 36 x 68 feet, with a railway spur line immediately alongside. The company can manufacture pipe of all sizes from 2 inch up to 24 inch. The daily capacity of the plant is about 2,000 feet of 6 inch pipe and 750 couplings, about 20 men being Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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