A log positioned to enter a sawmill, in a staging area typically associated with mill ponds. A mill pond is a storage area for logs to prevent degradation of wood by such environmental elements as blue-stain fungus.
Log Entering the Sawmill
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Courtesy of the A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, University of Alabama Libraries
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