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End view of Heart-pine beam from an old building built in the 1840's. Lumber is at least 400 years old. |
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Another end view of the same beam.. |
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Heart pine decking removed from an 1840's building in Rockingham, N.C. The sizes range from to 2 5/8" thick to 4" wide up to 8" wide at 16 feet long. Already tongue & groove material.
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Solid decking, 2 5/8" x 10 to 12 wide and 16' long. Heart-pine 400 years old. This came from a mill in Coolemee, N.C. This is square edge material, 16 feet long. |
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This is a real nice tight-grain heart pine beam, 12 inches by 16 inches by 26 feet long. Came from an old mill in Coolemee, N.C. |
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These are tongue and groove decking from Rockingham, N.C. mill. |
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Bill standing next to heart pine beams 26 feet long. These also came from Rockingham, N.C. |
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This beam slice came from 1/2 of a beam. Notice how close the age rings are. |
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