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Photographer: Courtesy Jerome Peltier collection
Caption: Marker detail: Scranton & Downing Sawmill
Additional Description: Looking north from the vicinity of Front Avenue (later Trent and now Spokane Falls Boulevard) and Post Street at Scranton's and Downing's sawmill. At the time, most sawmills were operated by waterpower. Early sawmills often cut with a single blade, called a "muley," which operated in an up-and-down cutting motion. As time passed, saws became larger and more efficient, and muleys were replaced with circular saws. This photo was taken some time after the mill had shut down and the buildings had begun to deteriorate. James Glover bought this mill from Scranton and Downing as part of his land purchase and upgraded it. Seven successive sawmill companies operated at this site. The Phoenix Mill was the longest running sawmill, in operation from 1898 to 1927. The last sawmill was the Long Lake Lumber Company (1927-1944), situated at what is now Wall Street and Spokane Falls Boulevard. The river served as a millpond for all of these sawmills.
Submitted: April 22, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p518317
File Size: 2.742 Megabytes

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