White puffs of steam erupted with a regular chug, chug and floated above the steam-powered lumber mill outside Occidental. Every belch of vaporized water represented the triumph of 15 years of ...

There's something about century-old cast-iron machinery that attracts a certain kind of visitor to Sturgeon's Mill. Originally built in 1880, the steam-powered sawmill now operates four weekends a ...

SOUTH HAVEN – After years of being located in Douglas, a historic steam-powered sawmill that operated in Lacota for many years, has been moved back to the area. On May 9, the mill which was once owned ...

The Soulé Steam Museum is America’s last intact steam engine factory, and even helped the key brothers set the world record ...

Saw mills were introduced by the English to the colonies. Lumber was needed for construction by the colonists. Where millstones are used in a grist mill, a saw is used in the saw mill. Water power was ...

Red tape and neighbour issues mean the whistle has fallen silent at New Zealand's only steam-powered commercial sawmill. Peter de Graaf writes about the end of an era and the passion that stoked the ...

In the years between Montpelier the presidential mansion and Montpelier the historic home of James Madison was Montpelier the country castle of Marion duPont Scott. In those years, the estate was a ...

The wood chips will fall where they may on the historic but failing Geldner Saw Mill near Le Center. An aging boiler coupled with scant funds to replace it could quiet the only stationary ...

The Great Oregon Steam-Up in Brooks has been showcasing antique machinery every summer since 1969. The machines on display can be as large as a crane or as small as a coffee grinder. Visitors can also ...

The importance of steam machinery may not be known in the modern age, but Hesston Steam Museum offers a chance to learn about steam railroads and industrial age machines. The LaPorte County Historical ...

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The steam and gas association pulled the saw out of its barn to be repaired and rejuvenated. Pictured, Somerset Steam and Gas members braved bees and a dilapidated roof to accept Montpelier’s sawmill ...