Spruce pilings OT

Tom Driscoll tomtuner@comcast.net
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:23:12 -0400



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> Farrell wrote:
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> > WOW! That's a lot of spruce. Not likely Sitka, as I would think back
then they would have been using a local source. Could be Eastern though.
That is what Andre Bolduc is building his soundboards out of.
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> > Terry Farrell
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> Its my understanding that most of southern New England was cleared of
all forest by the mid 19th century. I'd bet that the spruce came from
eastern Canada or Maine.My 1890's house has cedar claps with Quebec
stamped on the back
	Tom Driscoll


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