Ship building all along the coast of Maine, your belief is true.

Here in Machias the first mill was built in 1763, it produced 1,600,000 board feet in its first year. It was a "double saw". My question is what makes a double saw? Two saws sort of like a gang? The mill burned in 1787, rebuilt and named the Phenix. There was multiple saws located on the river in the same location, one was a gang saw. A fire destroyed them all in 1891, along with millions of feet of inventory. I believe that is when they may of switched to the large band saw which lasted till 1920, seen in From Stump to Ship. Tim