From Stump to Ship - Lumber harvesting the way it used to be

[peter halle]

I am sure that many members know that Festo invented the first portable chainsaw back in 1929.  Before that handsaws and axes were used in the harvesting of lumber.  I ran across this link on another site and thought it might be interesting to some members.

Please note that the video is about 27 minutes long and that the audio might be a little low.  Hope you find it interesting:

From Stump to Ship

Peter

 

[splinter]

This is a fascinating historical document.
I am particularly interested in the narrators accent which apart from the odd 'Canadian' twang is almost English from Suffolk or Norfolk despite the fact that he lives in Maine.
It shows how much accents have changed in a relatively short period of time.
The amount of detail he covers and the speed and agility of the workers on the river is really impressive.

Great stuff.

 

[GhostFist]

That's a typical accent of the area don't know of many Canadians talking like that though [tongue] really cool film, dangerous work.

 

[rdesigns]

Thanks for posting this, Peter. What a great piece of history!

North America's forests have been a source of wealth and development from colonial times to now.

There was a time when we used 2 billion board feet a year just for railroad cross-ties in the USA alone.

Here in Idaho and other parts of the Pacific NW, the river drivers were called "river pigs."

Russ

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Maine.  I believe the narrator is from Maine.

They talk funny there too.

 

[Old School Carpenter]

We sure have come a long way in 85 years!

Mike

 

[Michael Kellough]

This is a fascinating historical document.
I am particularly interested in the narrators accent which apart from the odd 'Canadian' twang is almost English from Suffolk or Norfolk despite the fact that he lives in Maine.
It shows how much accents have changed in a relatively short period of time.
The amount of detail he covers and the speed and agility of the workers on the river is really impressive.

Great stuff.

You may already know this but it looks like the narration was added to the 1985 restoration.

 

[Michael Kellough]

We sure have come a long way in 85 years!

Mike

The bit about the schooners was interesting, "Ten years ago we could have sold the sails and rigging alone for a profit of ten thousand dollars. Now we can't give it away."

There have been several disruptive innovations since then.