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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In Charleston, Mr. Martin Strobel's steam saw mill cut 20 large yellow pine logs in 5 hours and 14 minutes, demonstrating capacity for 45-46 logs per day, surpassing common tide mills.
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The Steam Saw Mill of Mr. Martin Strobel, on Charleston's Green, yesterday cut up 20 logs of hard yellow pine timber. 25 feet in length, and from 11 to 14 inches square, in 5 hours and 14 minutes.-- This prodigious labour is performed by a machinery, impelled by steam, which sets in motion two frames, one containing five and the other two saws. The calculation is, that if we allow 12 hours for a working day, Mr. Strobel's steam saw mill will cut up, without any extra exertion. 45 or 46 logs per day : It is also to be observed, that in the last quarter of an hour, only one set of saws (the 5) was in operation, in which time the last log was cut. The machinery of the mill is not the invention of Mr. Strobel, but he has made some improvements which increase its capacity of being propelled by the steam with greater effect. When we consider that common tide mills are said to perform great work, if they cut up in a day 25 logs of the above dimensions-- Mr. Strobel's experiment, it must be confessed, has been attended with wonderful success.
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Charleston
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Yesterday
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cut 20 logs in 5 hours 14 minutes; potential for 45 or 46 logs per 12-hour day; outperforms common tide mills which cut 25 logs per day.
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The Steam Saw Mill of Mr. Martin Strobel, on Charleston's Green, cut up 20 logs of hard yellow pine timber, 25 feet in length and from 11 to 14 inches square, using steam-powered machinery with two frames (one with five saws, one with two). Mr. Strobel made improvements to the machinery. In the last quarter hour, only the five-saw frame operated to cut the final log.