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Antique Heart Pine is available at Albany Woodworks,
Inc. from heartwood materials harvested long ago from
the virgin growth Southern Longleaf pine trees. The
Longleaf pine, meaning the needles themselves were
very long, was a unique member of the pine tree family
which once dominated the forests that stretched from
our southeastern coast and on west to east Texas.
These ancient, towering trees which, when harvested,
yielded the best type of long, straight grained lumber
in colors of rich gold to amber to the warm browns,
was more than plentiful then and was freely exported
to other states and other countries because of it's
special durability and beauty.
In
our country's recent history, Antique Heart Pine was
the preferred structural material, working like steel
does today, for "brick and timber" style
mill buildings. You could say that Longleaf Heart Pine was instrumental in the success of the American
Industrial Revolution.
When
the last of these majestic giants were felled and
taken to the saw mills in the mid-1920's the conditions
that allowed them to grow slowly and develop their
dense heart centers would never be present again.
By their very nature, taking hundreds of years to
mature, they were not considered for replanting and
were replaced by faster growing varieties. It was
the close of a special era in our country's history.
Heart Pine was the material of choice when it was first
introduced, for examples you will find Antique Heart
Pine flooring, stairtreads, and structural materials
in almost every Victorian era home in any American
city east of the Mississippi River. To add a historic
legacy to your home or commercial project, check our
other pages for Antique Heart Pine products such as
HEART PINE FLOORING, GLUEDOWN HEART PINE FLOORING,
EXPOSED BEAMS, HEART PINE STAIR PARTS, CEILING and
WALL PANELING, MOLDINGS, CABINET STOCK, and custom
milling.
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