Cutting planks on a McConnel sawbench. Forest Department staff use a McConnel sawbench to cut timber into planks at a sawmill in Rwoho Forest. District Forest Officer James Lang Brown comments: "I took a McConnel sawbench to Rwoho for experimental milling of the Cupressus macrocarpa planted 16 years before. The produce sold like hot cakes to local carpenters for door and window frames, tables and chairs". Rwoho, Ankole, Uganda, 1963., Central (Uganda), Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa.
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Cutting planks on a McConnel sawbench. Forest Department staff use a McConnel sawbench to cut timber into planks at a sawmill in Rwoho Forest. District Forest Officer James Lang Brown comments: "I took a McConnel sawbench to Rwoho for experimental milling of the Cupressus macrocarpa planted 16 years before. The produce sold like hot cakes to local carpenters for door and window frames, tables and chairs". Rwoho, Ankole, Uganda, 1963., Central (Uganda), Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa.

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Machinery Agricultural machinery Industrial machinery Timber Forest Workshop Labouring Sawing Operating machinery Agriculture land use and plants Forestry and logging Agriculture land use and plants Conservation Labour Manual and craftwork Trade and industry Manufacturing Central (Uganda) Uganda Eastern Africa Africa

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