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George Sayers is splitting firewood for the winter, sometime in the 20's.28
A huge mechanical commercial wood splitter1920
Near Mirror, Alberta
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A commercial wood splitter sits in someone's farmyard, full of newly split wood.Sometimes people would bring their wood to be split 'to' the person who owned one of these bigger splitters, but often the splitter equipment itself would be hauled to different locations to do the splitting.
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Hauling Logs in Winter1900
Near Mirror, Alberta
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Three men ride on top of a load of timber they have just felled. This photo appears to be at least pre 20's, possibly even very early 1900's or late 1800's.These men would have felled and loaded the timber by hand onto the sleigh, and the horses would pull both them and the timber back to wherever it was going.
This could often be more than a days work if they were any distance from where the timber needed to be.
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Axel Westling's Sawmill1921
Near Mirror, Alberta
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This is Axel Westling's saw mill in 1921.Axel came to Canada with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erick Westling from Minnesota, USA in 1898.
He married Helen King in 1915 and had five boys.
As well as running this saw mill, Axel ran a threshing machine and did a lot of threshing around the area between Lacombe and Mirror.
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Nappy Gadsby at Forrest DeVore's Sawmill1900
Near Lamerton, Alberta
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Another saw mill in our area. This one belongs to Forrest Devore.Nappy Gadsby, Jim Gadsy's son, stands amidst dry piled lumber, while others work the saw to create stacks of newly sawed lumber.
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