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Horses were the main means of bringing home boat building timber or fire wood, but sometimes dogs and goats were used to help pull the cat (sled).

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Ralph Coates' sawmill
1990
Winterton, Newfoundland, Canada

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Push-bench saw mills were used to saw timbers and plank sticks. These were either water driven or used diesel engines to power the circular saw.

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Pit saws
2003
Winterton Boat Building and Community Museum, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Before the saw mill round pieces of timber and planks were cut using a pit saw. The pit saw was operated by two men, one standing above and the other below a constructed, raised scaffold. A natural hole in the ground (pit) with supports over it was also used, giving the name pit saw. They would use the saw by pulling it up and down through a piece of timber, cutting it lengthwise.

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Model of pit saw usage
2003
Winterton Boat Building and Community Museum, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Model of two men using the pit saw with a constructed, raised scaffold.