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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: October 18, 2021
Caption: Woodcutter
Additional Description: Woodcutters needed to fell enough wood to provide an adequate amount of charcoal to fuel the furnace —an acre of hardwood for every 24 hours of blast. The wood was chopped into four foot lengths no more than six inches in diameter. Watercolor by Lucy Irwin, 2020.Close-up of image on marker
Submitted: October 22, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p617379
File Size: 1.582 Megabytes

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