| Sawmill at Centralia. The caption handwritten on the back of this photo is, “Central Cypress Co., 1911.” An article about Centralia by Wilfred Neill has: “One day in 1912 the Centralia sawmill received its largest log, a cypress timber that yielded 5,476 board feet of lumber. For several weeks the tree's gigantic top was displayed on a flatcar for people to marvel at.” Another article, author unknown, has: “The largest log cut at Centralia was in 1912. No record was ever made of the board feet in the entire tree. The butt cut had to be quartered by blasting before it could be moved. The top twenty feet was left on the flat car for the people to view. It scaled 5,476 boardfeet, enough to build a modern home.” |