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Longleaf Lumber
115 Fawcett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
[Tel] 617-871-6611 or
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GALLERY OF WOOD SOURCES & THEIR HISTORY
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Nonotuck Paper MillsFall Rivers Balloon FactoryFore River BridgeTobacco Barn
National Casket Co.Appalachian ChestnutDanvers State HospitalBattery Wharf
Knitting Machine Mill
Great Falls BleacheryCigar FactoryCooper Cabin
Charleston ChewPort IvoryAmerican ThreadMonson Dairy
Everett MillsFulton County CoalBaker's ChocolateTroy Cold Storage

TROY COLD STORAGE:
TROY, NY

Back before bovine growth hormones and factory chicken farms, dairy products were brought in from family farms and consolidated in places like the Troy Cold Storage building. Built in the early 1900's, this building abutted Troy's legendary bell foundries, one of which remains directly adjacent to this site.

Long a visual landmark from New York's Northway, this building was collapsing on two sides when our demo friends got the call to bid on the job. Because Troy's sole remaining bell foundry, a registered landmark, sat directly under one of the collapsing eight story walls of this building, both the city of Troy and demolition contractors were anxious about how to proceed with this project.

In the end, the top floors were dismantled, literally, by hand.

The building was constructed of Longleaf Pine beams and joists which have retained a very bright color due, we think, to the constant moisture of the building. Also, because the building is being dismantled very carefully, the brick that is being salvaged is of a very high quality.

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