Not sure if this has been posted here but I found it interesting and amazing.......
Before the chainsaw
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg405%2F8973%2F68448086.jpg&hash=db6475342df7ab1c6bc840e8becdfa7d)
When the Northwest logging industry was still young...
Just look at the length of the hand saw ...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg825%2F7416%2F75191634.jpg&hash=f7ff0e6eb3e9cba7ec4a9730f9b7dfce)
...and look at the size of the heavy duty axes...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg534%2F7827%2F70548194.jpg&hash=289108971c1272573ad6836c351f7ea7)
The work required very strong and courageous men...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg705%2F508%2F89160997.jpg&hash=0ccf756228fb83cc16802fca27e35435)
After a tree was felled the real work began a week or more to cut it up...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg252%2F9836%2F27290260.jpg&hash=7f539138ef57ff8a8404c7d0001d8b3f)
Maneuvering the logs down the mountain to the train was a complex job...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg843%2F9815%2F19699252.jpg&hash=e6378418318ddbb610d1f014c2c48783)
Some of the logs were larger than the train engine...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg402%2F5932%2F37402034.jpg&hash=9510613abf181106053782352b5903af)
A hollowed out log became the company's mobile office...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg525%2F2958%2F66455540.jpg&hash=2a1856834a200ac0e49f2e1ab1df1c2b)
Hollowed out logs were used to house and feed the crews...
Can you imagine this generation's young men attempting this?
Before the chainsaw
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg405%2F8973%2F68448086.jpg&hash=db6475342df7ab1c6bc840e8becdfa7d)
When the Northwest logging industry was still young...
Just look at the length of the hand saw ...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg825%2F7416%2F75191634.jpg&hash=f7ff0e6eb3e9cba7ec4a9730f9b7dfce)
...and look at the size of the heavy duty axes...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg534%2F7827%2F70548194.jpg&hash=289108971c1272573ad6836c351f7ea7)
The work required very strong and courageous men...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg705%2F508%2F89160997.jpg&hash=0ccf756228fb83cc16802fca27e35435)
After a tree was felled the real work began a week or more to cut it up...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg252%2F9836%2F27290260.jpg&hash=7f539138ef57ff8a8404c7d0001d8b3f)
Maneuvering the logs down the mountain to the train was a complex job...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg843%2F9815%2F19699252.jpg&hash=e6378418318ddbb610d1f014c2c48783)
Some of the logs were larger than the train engine...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg402%2F5932%2F37402034.jpg&hash=9510613abf181106053782352b5903af)
A hollowed out log became the company's mobile office...
![Before the chainsaw.... Before the chainsaw....](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg525%2F2958%2F66455540.jpg&hash=2a1856834a200ac0e49f2e1ab1df1c2b)
Hollowed out logs were used to house and feed the crews...
Can you imagine this generation's young men attempting this?