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Prior to the Civil War, more than ninety percent of the nation's energy came from wood, fueling the great transportation vehicles of the era. [12] As Americans settled the timber-starved Great Plains, they needed material from the lumber-rich parts of the nation with which to build their cities.
David Robert Wingate (February 20, 1819 – 1899) was an American lumber businessman and plantation farmer who served in the Confederate Army as the commissioner of defense for Jefferson County, Texas, during the American Civil War. Overcoming numerous financial setbacks throughout his lifetime, he remained a successful industrialist.
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensional lumber). The "portable" sawmill is simple to operate. The log lies flat on a steel bed, and the ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
It is cited on the 1864 Civil War Military Atlas. South of the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and near the towns of Forest Park and Riverdale, is another mill named Lee's Mill. It was built during the Civil War by the father of pioneer W.J. Lee. The mill would be named after W.J. Lee, who was also the county surveyor, and would own ...
From the beginning of World War I, wood products were in great demand for war production. Sitka spruce was the most important tree species because its combination of lightness, strength, and resiliency was ideal for aircraft production. [1] In addition, its long, tough fibers did not splinter when struck by bullets. [2]
War Eagle Mill as reconstructed in 1973. War Eagle Mill is a working gristmill in Benton County, Arkansas. A mill has been located on the site as early as 1832, but was destroyed three times, and last rebuilt in 1973. The mill currently operates as an undershot gristmill, and houses a store and restaurant. [1]
The mill's main workers were the slaves at the Saw-Kill. They cut wood in the forests and used the mill to saw logs, which they put in the Saw-Kill. The logs floated down the stream and were shipped to New Amsterdam or the Netherlands. The Manatus Map of 1639 called the Saw-Kill “the quarter of the blacks, the company’s slaves.”