Chapter 4:

As cities grow up around the last century’s industrial centers, big buildings come down. Duluth Timber visits and bids on deconstruction projects throughout this country and Canada, wherever we find wood that meets our standards. (We also salvage large volumes of smaller material, like redwood and cypress tanks from pickle plants, wineries and breweries.)

Duluth Timber monitors the dismantling of old structures. Sometimes we manage the job ourselves. Regardless, the joy of seeing these often-skeletal, under-appreciated buildings before they come down is one of the thrills of the business.

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