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Stock #:397482
Type: Postcard
Era: Undivided Back
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons
Postmark: 1906 Nov-15
Postmark City: Brockton
Postmark State: MA
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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This picture illustrates how the log lengths, into which a big tree is cut, will be taken to the mill, are conveyed on special railroad cars. The log shown in this picture, which cut up to more than 40,000 shingles. The loading of these logs on to the railroad trucks is, in itself, a delicate and dangerous task. By means of chains the log is drawn up an inclined pathway formed of dressed logs, and finally landed in place, wen it is secured to the trucks

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