Sawmill Modeling: Sawmilling from 1850 to 1960 in the Truckee River Basin of Northern California

Detailed description of how sawmills reduced logs to boards and timbers based on the sawmills of the Trukee Valley between the 1850s and the 1940s. The book details the transportation of the logs to the mills, often via flumes, the handling of the logs, cutting them into cants and finally sawing them into the desired shape and storing them. Includes a foldout plan for a typical sawmill. 108 pages, over 40 black and while photos and illustrations.