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  • Collection: Chicago Mill and Lumber Company Collection

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An area designated for logging is filled with trees.

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Six mules haul a wagon carrying three cut logs.

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Lumbermen watch as the mill's saw cuts a large log.

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Lumbermen watch the mill's saw cut the outside of a large log.

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The mill's saw makes precision cuts to a large log.

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A large log sits next to the saw after it was cut and squared off.

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A worker feeds a cut board into an edger to create straight and smooth edges.

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Lumber moves through a trimming machine within the sawmill.

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Workers look for defects and imperfections in cut boards in the sorting room.

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Men use a lift to load cut logs onto a train bound for the mill.

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Workers ride a train loaded with cut logs to the mill.

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A large crane unloads cut logs from the train into the log yard.

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A large crane unloads cut logs from the train into the log yard.

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A crane sits between a large pile of logs and the mill building.

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A steamboat pushes a raft across the river and towards the mill.

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A steamboat tows a barge across the river and towards the mill.

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A large barge loaded with cut logs enters the harbor near the mill.

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A worker watches as a saw makes large circular cuts from a log.

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Workers load logs into steam boxes to loosen the bark.

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Workers empty steam boxes and remove the bark from the cut logs.

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Workers load a veneer lathe machine with peeled log sections.

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Workers pile thin sheets of wood veneer exiting the veneer lathe machine.

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Workers stand on both sides of a clipper machine.

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An aerial view of the veneer yard shows railroad tracks running between stacks of lumber.

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Piled and loose veneers stand on either side of a set of railroad tracks.
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