. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Hp. Mr. Peter Lund, General Manager. one large 96" (double) diamond gang edger, which handles the output from both band saws and takes cants up to eight inches in thickness. This machine is a little saw mill in itself, and contributes largely towards the output of the plant. The mill is equipped throughout with every automatic appliance known to the saw-milling industry. The great automatic conveyors, travelling through the plant, pick up every particle of r
. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Hp. Mr. Peter Lund, General Manager. one large 96" (double) diamond gang edger, which handles the output from both band saws and takes cants up to eight inches in thickness. This machine is a little saw mill in itself, and contributes largely towards the output of the plant. The mill is equipped throughout with every automatic appliance known to the saw-milling industry. The great automatic conveyors, travelling through the plant, pick up every particle of refuse, and convey the same to one General View of Saw Mill^and Lumber Yard, Crow's Nest Pass Li mber Company. manager that no cars are available for that purpose during the running season of the mill, and that this product will not stand re-hand- ling. The large automatic trimmers are a source of great interest to the spectator, where ten saws appear and dissappear automatically to trim off the ends, and any defect contained in the material passing over the same. All heavy refuse, such as slabs, edgings, culls, etc., are dropped automatically from the live one all the circular saws, which in this plant are of great number and variety. The band saws are made in this department from plain steel plate. The workmanship on these saws is of marked excellence, and is being done un- der the supervision and master hand of Mr. W. C. Lichti. The power plant consists of a battery of four immense boilers. This great steam plant con- sumes the sawdust from both mills, the same being distributed automatically into the great. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
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