This nine-foot band saw was among the largest log saws ever used in the sawmill industry, weighing over 38,000 pounds and carrying a blade that stretches over fifty-six feet in length. It was used to cut Douglas Fir logs up to ten feet in diameter and fifty-six feet in length, and the lumber from one of these giant logs was enough to build two houses of about 1500 square feet each. Manufactured by the Allis-Chalmers company in 1910, it was put into service by the Jones Lumber Company on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. For fifty-two years, it cut Douglas Fir lumber that was loaded onto seagoing barges and shipped to the growing California market. It was retired in 1962 when the mill was dismantled and sold at auction, and despite its age, it remains in sound working condition.
