Shades of yesteryear! These are sights and sounds heard each summer in August here in The Thumb. The video is 1:16 long.
Huron City Museums hosts a Sawmill Day when logs are cut, shingles are made, and steam prevails. In this video you see the bark side of a log being cut into boards. The slab outside (piece that has bark on it) is moved to a large saw powered by a steam engine.
Interestingly enough, the slab wood is then fed back into the steam engine to provide more power to cut the wood. Full circle power. No electricity. Lots of hard work.
Enjoy the sight of sawdust flying, men working slowly and surely, and the buzz of the saws.
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