Carving the Foundation for the World's Fair
The Cosmopolis mill is busy prepping massive logs to form the foundation of the Washington state building at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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Three cars loaded with logs, part of the donation of Chehalis county's loggers, left the Cosmopolis mill last Friday, bound for Chicago, where they will be used in building the foundation of the Washington building. It only took twenty-seven of these logs to make the three car loads, and fifty-three still remain at the mill. Part of the work of the Cosmopolis mill is to flatten these logs on three sides and load them on the cars, which is being done under the supervision of C. F. White. Since Friday three more car loads have been sent out.
“Three cars loaded with logs... bound for Chicago, where they will be used in building the foundation of the Washington building.”
This reflects the era of 'World's Fair mania,' where Washington state used raw timber resources as a primary identity marker to woo Eastern capital and settlers to the Pacific Northwest.
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