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Marker detail: The sawmill, shown here in 1907, was equipped with a steam-powered saw and planer
Photographer: Sources: Michigan Historical Center & Marquette County Historical Society
Caption: Marker detail: The sawmill, shown here in 1907, was equipped with a steam-powered saw and planer
Additional Description: A 2004 dredging operation resurfaced this log that sank before reaching Fayette's sawmill. Analysis by Michigan State University’s Forestry Department revealed the 17-foot red oak log was about 204 years old at felling. Notice the pointed end and telltale marks from the woodsman's ax.
Submitted: January 20, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p461409
File Size: 0.736 Megabytes

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