Log pond
A log
Background
The earliest mechanized sawmills of the industrial revolution were built on navigable
Log pond operation
Rail mills were built adjacent to small ponds when possible, but log ponds were often constructed by building a dam on a small
Log ponds are convenient water reservoirs for firefighting at sawmills; and for routine cooling and lubrication of saw blades and other mill machinery. Stormwater runoff from the mill yard and wastewater generated within the sawmill often flow into the log pond as the lowest point adjacent to the sawmill. Boiler blowdown, lumber drying kiln condensate, and exhaust steam from sawmill machinery sometimes kept a log pond from freezing during cold weather.[6]
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A log pond supplied by railway in Sugar Pine, California around 1920.
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Splash of logs being dumped into a log pond.
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A "full deck" of logs awaiting the mill.
Environmental considerations
Log ponds are convenient reservoirs for water recycling in applications including
Sources
- Carranco, Lynwood Redwood Lumber Industry Golden West Books, San Marino, California (1982) ISBN 0-87095-084-3
- Oakleaf, H.B. Lumber Manufacture in the Douglas Fir Region Commercial Journal Company, Chicago
Notes
- ^ Oakleaf pp.8,12&17
- ^ Oakleaf pp.12&17
- ^ Carranco pp.120&171
- ^ Oakleaf p.8
- ISBN 0-87046-017-X.
- ^ Oakleaf pp.10,12&17
- ^ 40CFR429.100 Archived 2010-06-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2012-09-17