High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

**Jon** · May 4, 2019, 11:27 AM

Raising a massive log. 1905.

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**Toolmaker51** · May 4, 2019, 12:06 PM

And a great reason phones are inadequate for rewarding internet content, reading "51,646 pounds, 48 FEET LONG, 6 1/2 FEET IN DIAMETER""

**tonyfoale** · May 4, 2019, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

And a great reason phones are inadequate for rewarding internet content, reading "51,646 pounds, 48 FEET LONG, 6 1/2 FEET IN DIAMETER""

Giving a density of 32.4 lb/ft^3

**Toolmaker51** · May 4, 2019, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by tonyfoale

Giving a density of 32.4 lb/ft^3

The log; or my head?

**tonyfoale** · May 4, 2019, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

The log; or my head?

Is there a difference?

**bruce.desertrat** · May 4, 2019, 02:07 PM

LOL!

The log is probably freshly harvested old-growth. Dunno about Toolmaker51 :-P

That is a massive log building they're putting up; any idea of where it is? The Photographer's credit says Portland OR, but it could be anywhere in the Pac NW...

**Toolmaker51** · May 4, 2019, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by tonyfoale

Is there a difference?

Told I have bark, so there's probably knot much difference. But no termites!

**cmarlow** · May 4, 2019, 03:32 PM

Portland is correct. It burned down August 17, 1964.
Oregon lost world's biggest log cabin in spectacular 1964 fire | Offbeat Oregon History

"Oregon lost world’s biggest log cabin in spectacular 1964 fire
Ancient electrical wiring ignited Portland's legendary Forestry Building, a structure made of massive, flawless old-growth logs that had been built for the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905.
Forestry building, Portland, Oregon. Built 1905; burned in a cataclysmic fire 1964.
A souvenir postcard image of the Forestry Building from the 1905 Lewis
and Clark Expo, probably from a sketch made before construction was
complete.

High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools-expo-forestry-1800.jpg

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**cmarlow** · May 4, 2019, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat

LOL!

The log is probably freshly harvested old-growth. Dunno about Toolmaker51 :-P

That is a massive log building they're putting up; any idea of where it is? The Photographer's credit says Portland OR, but it could be anywhere in the Pac NW...

http://www.portlandonline.com/shared...e.cfm?id=26259

**Jon** · May 7, 2019, 10:27 AM

Giant seawall under construction by Seabees of the 76th Construction Battalion at Apra Harbor, Guam. When completed the two mile breakwater will contain 1,760,000 cubic yards of earth and stone. A 30-ton boulder is hauled to dumping spot. 1945.

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