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USFS Logo Research Data Archive

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Birch st logs at Wasilla Mill.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
"grading" of converted timber
quality grading
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Birch st logs at Wasilla Mill.
Date: 1965?

Boards assigned a number as they leave the carriage at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill at Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
"grading" of converted timber
quality grading
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Boards assigned a number as they leave the carriage at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill at Wasilla.
Date: 8/24/1964

Boards being graded green and stacked at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
"grading" of converted timber
quality grading
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Boards being graded green and stacked at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
Date: 8/24/1964

Log being positioned on carriage by Hallock (FPL) at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill at Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
"grading" of converted timber
quality grading
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Log being positioned on carriage by Hallock (FPL) at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill at Wasilla.
Date: 8/24/1964

Log faces being redefined on deck of Alaska Hardwoods mill at Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
"grading" of converted timber
quality grading
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Log faces being redefined on deck of Alaska Hardwoods mill at Wasilla.
Date: 8/24/1964

Stacks of graded lumber waiting to be loaded into kiln for drying Alaska Hardwoods mill.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
"grading" of converted timber
quality grading
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Stacks of graded lumber waiting to be loaded into kiln for drying Alaska Hardwoods mill.
Date: 8/24/1964

Baily, Born, LaBau recording cutting times.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
"grading" of converted timber
quality grading
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Baily, Born, LaBau recording cutting times.
Date: 8/24/1964

Bones, Bailey with mill owner examining graded lumber.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
"grading" of converted timber
quality grading
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Bones, Bailey with mill owner examining graded lumber.
Date: 8/24/1964

Lbr. Grade Yield, new storage shed erected at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: preservation and other treatments to improve the properties of wood
timberyard practice
handling and storage of timber
storage of converted timber
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Lbr. Grade Yield, new storage shed erected at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
Date: 6/22/1964

Lbr. Grade Yield, view of trimmer & green chain at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill at Wasilla. Note stickered Birch Lbr.
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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; Wasilla
Description: Lbr. Grade Yield, view of trimmer & green chain at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill at Wasilla. Note stickered Birch Lbr.
Date: 6/22/1964

Grading standing birch sawtimber near Wasilla Alaska.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
detection, recognition and assessment of injuries and defects
defects occurring before conversion
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Grading standing birch sawtimber near Wasilla Alaska.
Date: 9/13/1962

Sawmill scene at the Alaska Hardwoods mill at Wasilla.
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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
transport and sorting within the mill
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Sawmill scene at the Alaska Hardwoods mill at Wasilla.
Date: 9/13/1962

Scene at the Alaska Hardwoods Mill. The series shows birch sawlogs being cut.
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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
mill operation (including quality control)
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Scene at the Alaska Hardwoods Mill. The series shows birch sawlogs being cut.
Date: 9/13/1962

Stereo shot of Alaska Hardwoods Mill and log decks near Wasilla.
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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; Wasilla
Description: Stereo shot of Alaska Hardwoods Mill and log decks near Wasilla.
Date: 9/13/1962

Stereo shot of Alaska Hardwoods Mill near Wasilla.
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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; Wasilla
Description: Stereo shot of Alaska Hardwoods Mill near Wasilla.
Date: 9/13/1962

Inside of hot-air kiln at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: preservation and other treatments to improve the properties of wood
drying (seasoning)
kiln drying
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Inside of hot-air kiln at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
Date: 8/1/1961

Kiln at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: preservation and other treatments to improve the properties of wood
drying (seasoning)
kiln drying
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Kiln at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
Date: 8/1/1961

Main plant showing carriage at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
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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; Wasilla
Description: Main plant showing carriage at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
Date: 8/1/1961

Carriage & headsaw at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
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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; Wasilla
Description: Carriage & headsaw at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla.
Date: 8/1961

First Birch logs arriving at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla. The mill paid $65 / thousand bd. ft. (woods run) delivered to the mill.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: preservation and other treatments to improve the properties of wood
timberyard practice
handling and storage of timber
handling of round timber
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: First Birch logs arriving at Alaska Hardwoods Co. mill near Wasilla. The mill paid $65 / thousand bd. ft. (woods run) delivered to the mill.
Date: 8/1961

Mill site at Alaska Hardwoods Co. near Wasilla.
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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; Wasilla
Description: Mill site at Alaska Hardwoods Co. near Wasilla.
Date: 8/1961

Newly installed Berlin 91 planer at Alaska Hardwoods mill near Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: conversion, shaping, assembly and finishing of wood
planing, cutting of mouldings
chiselling, mortising and tenoning
boring
turning
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Newly installed Berlin 91 planer at Alaska Hardwoods mill near Wasilla.
Date: 8/1961

S. of Wasilla S & S birch. 3-5" --- 30-35'.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: S. of Wasilla S & S birch. 3-5" --- 30-35'.
Date: 8/1961

South of Wasilla, S & S Birch.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: South of Wasilla, S & S Birch.
Date: 8/1961

Black spruce muskeg forest on wet, flat land without permafrost. The dominants average 2 to 3 inches diameter, are 20 to 30 feet in height and 140 years old.  Near Houston, west of Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Wasilla; Houston
Description: Black spruce muskeg forest on wet, flat land without permafrost. The dominants average 2 to 3 inches diameter, are 20 to 30 feet in height and 140 years old. Near Houston, west of Wasilla.
Date: 1957

View from the highway of the mill showing lumber storage area.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: preservation and other treatments to improve the properties of wood
timberyard practice: handling and storage of timber
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: View from the highway of the mill showing lumber storage area.
Date:

Ross Carpenter scaling birch log in the woods.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: "grading" of wood and wood products
grading of wood in the rough
Location: Alaska; Wasilla
Description: Ross Carpenter scaling birch log in the woods.
Date: