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Hull -Oakes Lumber Company's Steam-Powered Sawmill : A Case Study in Industrial Archaeology

Creator:

Wisner, George B.

Abstract:

By examining the combined written, ethnographic and physical evidence of a surviving steam-powered sawmill in the Douglas-fir region of the Pacific Northwest, this thesis seeks to supply new insights into the operation and adaptability of antiquated machinery during a period of rapid social and technological change and to develop a...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis