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Remember going there in grade school from Arcata. Early 70's.

This is such a rich resource for what is no longer there. This is a recording of a ghost of American industry

That part at the {{ ua-cam.com/video/IeOCxo-fDME/v-deo.html }} was the factory I worked there for 10 years, I recognize each of them. I remember that day when the camera crew came through. I think they had me stacking that day that's why I wasn't in any shots. Kevin with the black glasses was like an extension of that rip saw. From my time there I coined the phrase: "Too many people are taking jobs away from good machines."

HUMBOLDT BABY

I went looking for a video of this on line. Glad I found it. Visited the PLC with my parents in summer of 84. Both my parents have passed. This was a fond memory I had going on the tour with them. I can still remember being in the room with the hydro washer when the log was rolling around the room would shake. That equipment would move the log like toothpicks. Thanks for the memories. Great job.

Nice!

the Murphys really screwed the pooch when they went public with the holdings of the company.. from 90 million plus in the black to 750 million in the red when that slimy piece of fecal matter hurwitz got ahold of the company thru his leveraged buyout.. the clear cutting that followed is what gave rise to anti-logging movement on the west coast.

Thanks Ken. History back.

my great grandfather (not by blood) built palco and scotia and his son my grandfather who my grandmother married before i was born owned and operated it until 1985 when an asshole "partner" affiliated with a corporate lumber industry out of atl executed a "hostile takeover" by buying the majority 51 percent of the company. i usually dont even brimg it up cuz no one believes me. the non local company has very little regard for anything but profit and began clear cuttin huge areas right away. needless to say most dont have very positive views about tue whole thing

i remember touring palco and the hydraulic debarker when i was little! still have the direction list printed on redwood sheets!

The Pacific Lumber Company. My father worked here. (Nobody calls it "The Scotia Sawmill." Ever.)

Nice work, Scott and Anat!

Thanks Ben. It's amazing what you can do with an iPad.

Nice work. Specially like from 0:25 to 0:34, when the lights are just peaking thru Dusk. I'm inspired to make video of my own Bliss Dance.

Thanks Ben. It's rather amazing the things you can do with an iPad.

Amazing especially considering that you stuck an iPad up to a microscope.

Thanks for the comments and info David. I haven't been back to Scotia in many years but I suspect there are still northern California saw mills in operation, if not that particular one. If you make it back to California and tour any saw mills, do take some video. You can drop me a line at misterkenosborn@gmail.com.

Thanks Ken a great video, I visited the mill back in 1991 when on trip to US, took stills but no video. If I remember right main bandsaw was 16" wide x 90', hell of an operation but shame it was processing old growth. It amused me you had this massive operation yet across the road from the enterance a one man woodmizer working. 20 years on I've a mill processing sticks by comparison in Lithuania. One of these days I'll be back to California/ Oregon are there any good mills still to visit?

Thanks Dan.

Too jerky, adjust interval/frame rate. Music not appropriate to the subject.

Yeah, there was a moment when I was unsure if she was having problems. If so, she recovered nicely.

Nice work, Ken! Wish the res was higher, as the visuals broke apart on my monitor. Watching it small, though, was a treat.

glad you liked my photo-catch, Mark. It's an impressive kite.

Thanks for the nice shot of my Megafoil at the end...Cool...:) Mark

and may we have a few more blue sky days!

Thanks Paul. it's definitely worth seeing, especially after sunset and the lightshow comes on.

Great video, Ken! I love the lightshow and teh colors. I'll have to go and se it for myself.

Not sure what the UFO was; not an airplane maybe a hotspot on the sensor but not there now.

The final part is by far the best, Ken - with the neon colors changing rapidly. What is that strange UFO dot in the sky?

Such a blue sky!

@bcschmerker The city of Oakland is committed to restoration though I don't think they have final plans yet for how to use it once it's restored.

This is a station worth restoring, as an example of both architecture and railroad engineering from the heyday of the Southern Pacific. This passenger terminal was at the edge of a major freight terminal, allowing SP dispatchers to coordinate goods and varnish from one office/tower.