Odd Facts From Industry And History
In lumbering a car riage is a long flat wheeled vehicle carrying sawlogs to the saw some run by cable others by a steam cylinder with a gun feed. Coal coke ovens yield perfumes nylon vitamin pills and sulfa drugs. Steel mills today need over 4400 freight cars daily to move finished output. Western North Carolina pits holding 300 year trees are believed to be De Soto era mine remains. Gold weight is measured in troy ounces not pounds.
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Dear Noah Far From Home Fire Tree Challenge
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Dear Noah, Athens, slippers, and a list of unclear names and places. Readable parts reference a question about how far to go to get a choice fire. No coherent events or entities to confirm.
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U S Lightships At Sea Signal Wartime Refueling
Factographs describe U S fighting ships refueling at sea in the Pacific requiring skilled seamanship amid weather. Modern lightships are self propelled with a mushroom anchor, 7500 pounds, and lights visible 10 to 12 miles. Each lightship has fog signals and coded radio beacons. Of 214000 steel mill workers who went to war, 10000 have returned.
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