Saw pit
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saw-pit-205-18429969
title:
Saw pit
text:
A saw pit or sawpit is a pit over which timber is positioned to be sawed with a long two-handled saw, usually a whipsaw, by two people, one standing above the timber and the other below. It was used for producing sawn planks from tree trunks, which could then be cut down into boards, pales, posts, etc. Many towns, villages and country estates had their own saw pits. The greatest user of sawn timber in past centuries was the shipbuilding industry. After falling, without bark, in smaller and more
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Pit over which timber is sawed
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_pit
date created:
2007-11-07T00:06:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:54:30Z
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