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P6837

ID Number: P6837
Item Name: Image
Title: Carl H. Smith's Portable Sawmill at Arner / Carl H. Smith's Portable Sawmill at Arner
Title (Fre): Carl H. Smith's Portable Sawmill at Arner
Date: ca 1941
Description: Black and white photograph of Carl H. Smith's portable sawmill at Arner, on Highway 18, near Kingsville, Ontario; the sawmill is on the right side of the photograph; it consists of a long metal tube, lying horizontally on four wheels; there is a second long metal tube standing straight up perpendicular to the first tube; to the left of the photo there are piles of cut wooden planks and a small scaffold.
History: Essex County woods provided material for export and met a variety of home uses during the heyday of the county's lumbering industry. In the 1940s, only a few small, some portable, sawmills continued operating due to the depletion of the county's forested areas.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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Highway 18 (Ont.) / Route nationale18 (Ont.)

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