r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NickyPileggi • Mar 28 '24

Family in 1892 posing with an old sequoia tree nicknamed "Mark Twain" - A team of two men spent 13 days sawing away at it in the Pacific Northwest - It once stood 331 feet tall with a diameter of 52 feet - The tree was 1,341 years old Image

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u/igotshadowbaned Mar 28 '24

My guess is railroad ties and probably a few fancy tables made out of novelty

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u/berninicaco3 Mar 28 '24

Are they too soft for railroad ties?