Long-Bell Lumber Mill Preparing for Launch
Massive logging operations begin in Longview as the city prepares for its grand industrial opening.
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The first consignment of logs, between 9 and 10 million feet, has been delivered to the Long-Bell Lumber Company, and is now in the ponds at the mill site. These logs were purchased from concerns on the Columbia River. Operations have commenced at Ryderwood, and between 5 and 6 million feet will be ready for transportation by rail via the Great Northern Railway from Vader before July 1, the date of the opening of the huge mill.
“Between 5 and 6 million feet will be ready for transportation by rail... before July 1, the date of the opening of the huge mill.”
Longview was famously a planned company town, constructed by the Long-Bell Lumber Company to support their massive timber operations. This snippet captures the industrial 'boom' phase of the city's creation before it evolved into the modern community it is today.
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