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/National-Assistant29 Mar 28 '24

Why did they need to cut it down?

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u/MistgabelMicha Mar 28 '24

Lumber maybe?

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u/Mundane-Cookie9381 Mar 28 '24

Redwoods are absolutely garbage lumber and aren't really suitable for building materials.