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Read: Eight books that explain the South As King Cotton receded in prominence, the sawmills stepped in, making a big business of felling pines and hardwood trees.
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Imani Perry, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
There will be a store to sell those goods as well as lumber − which Thompson will create with a sawmill in the back yard using logs from trees donated by Forest Home Cemetery.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
If a forest not destined for the sawmill burns down, economic activity actually increases, because of the relief efforts required in the aftermath.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
The company can accept usable logs from individuals, but the source is responsible for transporting the logs to the sawmill.
—Jill Draper, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
The prison had a bakery, mechanic, tailor shop, newspaper and sawmill, and prisoners handled the city’s construction projects.
—Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
As the plots of land sold, brick yards, sawmills, quarries, and other commercial and industrial ventures began to take over.
—Patrick C. Salland, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
As reflected in its name, the enterprise, founded in 1797 by Andrew and David Shriver Jr., featured a union of two mills: a grist mill and sawmill.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2024
Green Spaces People had no idea back then what role the little sapling might play beyond the sawmill.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
Imani Perry, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
There will be a store to sell those goods as well as lumber − which Thompson will create with a sawmill in the back yard using logs from trees donated by Forest Home Cemetery.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
If a forest not destined for the sawmill burns down, economic activity actually increases, because of the relief efforts required in the aftermath.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
The company can accept usable logs from individuals, but the source is responsible for transporting the logs to the sawmill.
—Jill Draper, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
The prison had a bakery, mechanic, tailor shop, newspaper and sawmill, and prisoners handled the city’s construction projects.
—Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
As the plots of land sold, brick yards, sawmills, quarries, and other commercial and industrial ventures began to take over.
—Patrick C. Salland, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
As reflected in its name, the enterprise, founded in 1797 by Andrew and David Shriver Jr., featured a union of two mills: a grist mill and sawmill.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2024
Green Spaces People had no idea back then what role the little sapling might play beyond the sawmill.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
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sawmill
noun
saw·mill
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: a mill or machine for sawing logs
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