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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: 2008
Caption: 200 Years of Sawmilling
Additional Description: Saw (c.1700's) - Cypress planks were first sawn for the Fort King George blockhouse by David Duval and his sawyers, slaves from South Carolina. They utilized the pit-saw trestle and a vertical ripping saw blade. The pit-saw was controlled by the tiller man on the top of the squared log and the box man on the bottom, who wore a wide brimmed hat to protect his eyes from shavings.
Submitted: August 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p33595
File Size: 0.113 Megabytes

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