VirtualGlobetrotting: Resources - Timber

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Bryant Street Pumping Station
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.
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From http://www.dcwasa.com/about/facilities.cfm:
The water storage and pumping responsibilities are shared by DCWASA and the Washington Aqueduct. DCWASA operates four treated water pumping stations (Anacostia, Bryant Street, Fort Reno, and 16th & Alaska), and eight reservoirs and elevated tanks. The Washington Aqueduct operates the Dalecarlia Pump Station and three reservoirs (Foxhall, Van Ness, and Fort Reno).

Canadian Lumber Deforestation
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By: mikekmikek.
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Areas being logged in British Columbia. Some areas show regrowth

Logging on Vancouver Island
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By: rexlong.
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Södra Cell Tofte (Tofte Pulp Mill)
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.
One of two Norwegian pulp mills run by Swedish company Södra.

Tugboat pulling a really huge timber raft
Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Hinkkanen.

Floating logs
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.

Bear Lake Sawmill
KRL (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: KRL.
Sawmill & Large logyard, on the edge of older imagery. North of Prince George, BC.

Christmas Trees for Sale
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.

Man stripping bark in a lumber yard
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Woman washing (?) clothes just to the SE of him.

Logs floating to port
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.

Lumber mill on Chemainus Bay
feer2000 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: feer2000.

Logs in Tokyo harbor
Look at these in Google Maps. Many more at the time that picture was taken.

Log Raft
wil9000 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: wil9000.
Huge log raft in Vancouver, BC

Barge loaded with wood
gamma (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: gamma.

Wood pulp processing plant
Note the piles of logs and the circular queue of logs ready for processing.

Timber raft waiting for the tug boat
Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Hinkkanen.

Logs waiting for rail transport

Floating Logs
mikekmikek (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mikekmikek.
More logs than you can shake a stick at.

Paper Mill
bonjbrown (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: bonjbrown.
This appears to be a paper mill with water treatment/aeration ponds adjacent.

logs for lumber (lots of them)

Floating logs
mikekmikek (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mikekmikek.
Floating logs in transit near Vancouver

Log boom
rexlong (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: rexlong.

Logging Blocks
KRL (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: KRL.
Block Harvest in the Okanagan. West of Kelowna, BC.

Oilfield & Forestry
KRL (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: KRL.
Dense pattern of recent oilfield development after block harvesting.

Log Booms
On Upper Arrow Lake, BC. 7 km southwest of Nakusp.

Log rafts
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By: adrbr.

Independent Stave Company
Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Parabellum.
Founded by T.W. Boswell in 1912, Independent Stave Company initially focused on white oak staves and heading for cooperage. By 1951, J.E. Boswell had expanded into the bourbon barrel business that later led to the establishment of our wine barrel division by current CEO and Chairman of the Board John Boswell. Since 1997, we have established the premium wine barrel division, Cooperages1912 located in Napa, California and have established international subsidiaries to meet the growing demand for oak worldwide: Tonnellerie du Monde in Bordeaux, France, Grupo Tonelero Andino in Santiago, Chile, Cape Cooperage Group in Paarl, South Africa and Cooperages 1912 in Adelaide, Australia.

2012 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
This 80 feet tall Norway spruce tree was chosen to be displayed as the official Christmas Tree in New York's Rockefeller Center in 2012. It was donated by Joe Balku. Two weeks after the tree was chosen for the honor, Hurricane Sandy blew through the area. Two other trees on the property fell during the storm, but this one stood strong.

Wood
gamma (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: gamma.

2016 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
This 94 feet tall Norway Spruce was chosen to be displayed as the official Christmas Tree in New York's Rockefeller Center in 2016. It was located in the back yard of Angie and Graig Eichler in Oneata, NY - a 140 mile drive from Manhattan. It is the second tallest tree to ever be displayed at Rockefeller Center, the tallest being 1999's 100 ft. tall tree.
The tree was cut down on November 10th and had its lighting ceremony on November 30th. It featured 50,000 LED lights strung on five miles of wire.

2015 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
This 78 feet tall Norway Spruce was chosen to be displayed as the official Christmas Tree in New York's Rockefeller Center in 2015. It was located about two hours north of the Big Apple in the front yard of Albert Asendorf, who submitted photos of the tree to be considered for the honor. When Asendorf moved here in 1957, it was 20 feet tall.
The tree was cut down on November 4th and had its lighting ceremony on December 2nd. It featured 45,000 LED lights and a 9 feet tall star made of 25,000 crystals.

This 85 feet tall Norway Spruce was chosen to be displayed as the official Christmas Tree in New York's Rockefeller Center in 2014. It was spotted by event organizers alongside Interstate Highway 80, 155 miles west of Manhattan.
It belonged to Dan Sigafoos and Rachel Drosdick-Sigafoos. It was planted in 1915. The tree was cut down on November 5 and will have a lighting ceremony on December 3.

This 74 feet tall Norway spruce tree was chosen to be displayed as the official Christmas Tree in New York's Rockefeller Center in 2010. It was donated by Peter and Stephanie Acton. Peter is an FDNY firefighter. Fittingly, a scout looking for the next Rockefeller Center tree found this one on September 11th.

Loads of wood
gamma (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: gamma.

This 76 feet tall Norway spruce tree has been chosen to be displayed as the official Christmas Tree in New York's Rockefeller Center in 2013. It was planted in 1953 by the home's original owners.

Sawmill Explosion (23 April, 2012)
Large explosion and fire at Lakeland Mills.
Link to photos

Sawmill Explosion (January 20, 2012)
Babine Forest Products sawmill.
Large explosion and fire at sawmill. Reports of natural gas smell the day before incident.
Flash burns to 19. Two still missing.
Links below to news story and photos

Log Booms
Numerous Log Booms waiting for milling at the mouth of the Frazer River.

Huge Logging Operation
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By: hhgygy.

Floating logs
hhgygy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: hhgygy.
Immense tree-cutting operation