Pond bucking a log at sawmill — circa 1935 — #14386_1

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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company

United States — Washington (State)

Thanks to Sam Talley, who adds: "As these logs were pulled out of the river at a saw mill, the butt- ends were cut off to make them flat. The ends were 16"-20" long and left in a raft to be pulled out and broken into smaller chunks later. These butt-ends while floating in the water were called 'pond lilies'. The wood was very wet and heavy, and sold by fuel companies in dump truck loads for wood heater firewood. It was tight grained and burned hot and slow."  Pond lilies were also called lily pads.

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