Cypress Logging in Louisiana circa 1925 (Part 2 of 2)
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 Published On Jan 15, 2011

Archival footage of the cypress logging industry in south Louisiana from the 1920's. Part II shows the mill operations that processed the raw timber into finished lumber. Submitted by www.KrantzRecoveredWoods.com

Approaching the plant of F.B. Williams... 0:05
This mill is equipped to ship by rail and water... 2:18
Timber waiting to enter the mill... 2:40
A general view of part of the lumber yard... 3:47
All lumber movements between units of the plant... 4:43
Heavy railroad timbers are handled... 5:36
The engineer, Firman Clark... 6:29
Several different methods... 6:48
Lumber from yard three... 7:25
Lumber is being taken down... 8:11
The foreman in foreground is... 9:17
Lumber is put up in packages... 10:20
Loading for the railroads... 10:44
The office force. 11:22

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