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[Pensacola Navy Yard: Saw mill] – Antique Wall Art

[Pensacola Navy Yard: Saw mill] — historic photograph
[Pensacola Navy Yard: Saw mill]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The Pensacola Navy Yard in Florida was one of the oldest and busiest naval installations on the Gulf Coast, and this view of its saw mill offers a rare look at the industrial side of that work. Around 1899, the yard relied on mills like this one to cut timber for ship repair and construction, a process that remained essential even as the Navy moved toward iron and steel hulls. The photograph shows the machinery and the stacked lumber that made the yard self-sufficient in its building trades. Viewers interested in the maritime past will find that the scene reflects how much wooden material still underpinned naval operations at the turn of the century.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesca. 1899.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125145

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