Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co. began using their first chainsaw for felling timber in 1944. It had to be quite a machine to cut down such large timber and required two men to operate.
Photo courtesy King County Collects, Harold Keller photographer, circa 1944
Chain saws of course required chain oil to keep them lubricated. Where did loggers get their chain oil? They recycled the oil from logging trucks. There was one problem however - during wet weather conditions chain saw operators would occasionally get some significant electrical shocks from stray electrical currents. Ouch!
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