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Summary
Timber workers cut sleepers (railroad ties) using broadblade axes known as broadaxes or sometimes broad axes, after felling the trees in pairs using a crosscut saw.
Year
1920-1929?
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This image has been preserved and made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project supported by Lotterywest. Title devised by cataloguer.
Subjects
- Timber workers -- Western Australia -- South-West -- Photographs
- Axes -- Western Australia -- South-West -- Photographs.
- Crosscut saws -- Western Australia -- South-West -- Photographs.
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