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USFS Logo Research Data Archive

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Locally cut ties enroute to Kipper's Co. plant in Whittier.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: timber manufacturing industries and products
uses of wood
sleepers (ties)
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Locally cut ties enroute to Kipper's Co. plant in Whittier.
Date: 6/18/1962

Columbia Lbr. Co. mill at Whittier before the earthquake & tidal waves.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: timber manufacturing industries and products
uses of wood
mills, their functions and products
planning and lay-out
power
machinery
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Columbia Lbr. Co. mill at Whittier before the earthquake & tidal waves.
Date: 6/7/1962

Headrig of Twin Bros. portable tie mill at Whittier.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: timber manufacturing industries and products
uses of wood
mills, their functions and products
sawmills and planing mills
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Headrig of Twin Bros. portable tie mill at Whittier.
Date: 6/7/1962

Incised tie and two cars of ties (treated & untreated) at Kopper's Co. plant at Whittier.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: timber manufacturing industries and products
uses of wood
sleepers (ties)
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Incised tie and two cars of ties (treated & untreated) at Kopper's Co. plant at Whittier.
Date: 6/7/1962

Interior of incising shed at Kopper's Co. treating plant at Whittier.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: conversion, shaping, assembly and finishing of wood
cleaving
adzing
mechanical comminution
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Interior of incising shed at Kopper's Co. treating plant at Whittier.
Date: 6/7/1962

Poles awaiting treatment at Kopper's Co. plant at Whittier.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: timber manufacturing industries and products
uses of wood
poles
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Poles awaiting treatment at Kopper's Co. plant at Whittier.
Date: 6/7/1962

Treated ties cooling at the Kippers Co. plant in Whittier.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: timber manufacturing industries and products
uses of wood
sleepers (ties)
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Treated ties cooling at the Kippers Co. plant in Whittier.
Date: 6/7/1962

Twin Bros. portable tie mill at Whittier. Logs are trimmed to standard length as they enter the mill.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: timber manufacturing industries and products
uses of wood
mills, their functions and products
sawmills and planing mills
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Twin Bros. portable tie mill at Whittier. Logs are trimmed to standard length as they enter the mill.
Date: 6/7/1962

Twin Bros. portable tie mill at Whittier. Overall view.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: timber manufacturing industries and products
uses of wood
mills, their functions and products
sawmills and planing mills
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Twin Bros. portable tie mill at Whittier. Overall view.
Date: 6/7/1962

Twin Bros. portable tie mill at Whittier. Receiving side of headrig.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: timber manufacturing industries and products
uses of wood
mills, their functions and products
sawmills and planing mills
Location: Alaska; Whittier
Description: Twin Bros. portable tie mill at Whittier. Receiving side of headrig.
Date: 6/7/1962