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1. The Sawmill
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The reason why the place was hard to find is it's size. This looks like any typical shed, only closer inspections reveal it's actually a saw"mill".
When you come close, you realize the house has no cappings on the other long wall at all. It's semi-open model, you could walk in and out from anywhere.
Other end of the house has been different when they sawed here. It probably had some sort of log conveyors, now the hole is tidily covered with tarpaulins.
This side of the house lies in heights supported by old beams. Despite the wet conditions they seem strong.
A parrot-badge to whoever who can say what this is!
Pieces of concrete elements and profile steel at the roadside offered a place for maintaining commando skills.
The free and natural source of power flows under the sawhouse as it ever did.
The rapids stream halfly under the house. The water wheel has disappeared.
Remains of gearwheels at the edge of water.
The sawing machine is at the other side, in the middle of the building. It's iron framed, maybe a 100 years old. Foundations are concrete.
The machine on sawing level.
The machinery looks anique to say the least. The house was built around the year 1900, and last time used for sawing in 1940-1950's. So, for over a half of it's lifetime the building has been out of it's original use.
Other side. I guess it's the edger.
The water wheel would transmit part of it's torque up here for the edger and feeding reels to use.
Same subject, 90 degrees rotation.
The sawing machine, which has been resting here for 50 years, has still the saw blades. Funny that we found blades from here, but in most of the big sawmills we've checked there were none of them left.
Part of the inside space is fillt with so much timber that you can't walk very well.
Nice roof.
A wooden wheel for unknown purpose lies against the wall.
Found a circular saw too.