A wintery shot of Henry Horn’s shingle mill in Eble taken in the early 1900s.
Before composite roofs, most roofs in this area were made from shingles. A shingle mill “was used to slice a section of log into tapered wedges to create shingles.
To see what these old machines looked like, just click HERE.
Photo courtesy of Lottie Shaefer Marrow, Ashford, Wash., & the SPC Historical Society.
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Eatonville To Rainier 
2 responses to “Henry Horn’s Shingle Mill, Elbe”
The shingle machines were most likely built in Everett, WA by the Sumner Iron Works. They had four different models depending on hoe long of shingle you wanted to cut. The web site below tells some of the history of them.They were by far the machine of choice on the West Coast.
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=827&tab=1
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Thanks. This is great info. 🙂
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