Images showing some of the processes used on timber at M.S. Southern & co Ltd timber importers in Jarrow.

 

treated wood needs to dry out.JPG 68.60 KB	treated wood coming out of the kiln.JPG 107.84 KB	treated wood.JPG 74.62 KB
timber cutting through rollers.JPG 47.67 KB	timber from Finland.JPG 45.10 KB	a large bandsaw.JPG 61.03 KB
wood treatment kiln.JPG 107.68 KB	wood store.JPG 108.63 KB	wood orders in the office.JPG 88.34 KB
unloading treated wood.JPG 69.88 KB	treated wood still dripping.JPG 96.14 KB	colour coded planks of various sizes.JPG 69.15 KB
colour coded planks.JPG 71.24 KB	bandsaw.JPG 91.80 KB	a new bandsaw is needed.JPG 54.74 KB
American timber.JPG 64.94 KB	entrance to the wood yard.jpg 50.39 KB	cuttingbed.JPG 69.21 KB
cutting timer on a bandsaw.JPG 94.62 KB	cutting timber to size on a large bandsaw.JPG 103.87 KB	cutting on a bandsaw.JPG 70.18 KB
cutting bed.JPG 55.21 KB	fitting a new bandsaw.JPG 106.44 KB	finished product.JPG 68.93 KB
finished decking.JPG 108.93 KB	decking having a final cut.JPG 52.25 KB	end of planks.JPG 60.39 KB
large timbers.JPG 97.23 KB	large dressed timber logs.JPG 55.00 KB	inside the office.JPG 50.16 KB
imported timber packs.JPG 67.22 KB	imported timber.JPG 65.89 KB	forman pointing out various imported timber products.JPG 66.90 KB
moving treated wood.JPG 66.55 KB	mixed length planks.JPG 101.24 KB	marked large timbers.JPG 74.08 KB
lifting treated wood.JPG 70.77 KB	location of the comanyl.JPG 67.94 KB	timber cutting.JPG 47.39 KB
Swedish timber.JPG 65.02 KB	sawmill office.JPG 55.21 KB	Sawmill lorry.JPG 40.12 KB
Sawmill forman next to large logs.JPG 56.25 KB	sawmill forman and tallyman.JPG 63.73 KB