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SEQUOIA REDWOOD
The World's most durable Lumber
20
11 FT. DIAMETER
2500 YEARS OLD
STILL SOUND
Has been on the ground in this position at least 2500 years
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HERE IS THE PROOF OF REDWOOD DURABILITY
Centuries ago a Redwood tree grew to the remarkable age of two thousand
years. In a storm it fell to earth. Some years later another Redwood seedling
took root in the moss and litter accumulated on the top of this fallen log. It
grew many years and encompassed the fallen tree. When this new tree reached
the age of twenty-five hundred years it was harvested. This long age was scien-
tifically determined by counting the rings of yearly growth.
But the remarkable thing is that while centuries have passed, while summers
of fog and winters of rain have come and gone, while storms have raged and
passed, and fires have burned and gone out, it has successfully resisted all these,
as well as insect attack and decay-permitting fungi-while twenty-five centuries
of history have been made, this Redwood log has lain in this position, exposed
to conditions most favorable to decay, and is STILL SOUND.
The man in the foreground recently made the other portion of the fallen log
into split shakes to be used in making a Redwood lifetime roof.
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