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Bozo
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by Bozo Mon 06 Jun, 2016 10:13 am
Woop Woop Mill was a small timber mill located 6.5 kilometres north west of Wilga. There was a camp next to the mill.
It was constructed in 1925, being completed in October 1925.
It operated from 1925 to 1929 and was owned by the British Company, the Timber Corporation.
The Woop Woop Mill has its own facebook page and the images below are from that site
Woop Woop Mill 1926
George Wills on his motorcycle Woop Woop 1926
Woop Woop Timber
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by GSDisciple Mon 06 Jun, 2016 11:35 am
Complete this sentence
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by Bozo Mon 06 Jun, 2016 2:04 pm
JP
It looks like a sawpit.
The pit is a mystery as the use of sawpits would have been limited at the time of the mill.
In some mills saw logs are slightly squared on one face to give them stability when the first dimension cut is made in the sawmill. This would normally be done with a broad axe.
The pit may have contained a circular saw that the log passed over to produce the squaring cut.
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by Bozo Mon 06 Jun, 2016 2:12 pm
The Woop Woop Mill and Camp were constructed by Percy Brittain, a carpenter with the Timber Corporation. Percy was normally based at Palgarup.
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by Bozo Mon 06 Jun, 2016 2:29 pm
JP
The pit could also have been the heart of the sawmill where the belt driven shaft connected to underslung circular saws...see image below:
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by GSDisciple Mon 06 Jun, 2016 3:22 pm
I think that's grice's uncle sitting on his arse pretending to supervise!
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by BillB Tue 07 Jun, 2016 8:58 am
Info for those that don't read the West Australian newspaper. They have a full page article on WoopWoop in Tuesday's paper on page 3.
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by Bozo Tue 07 Jun, 2016 9:11 am
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by theape Tue 07 Jun, 2016 6:06 pm
Well done Bozo, did you send pics as well?
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by Bozo Tue 07 Jun, 2016 8:52 pm
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by _Wilks Sat 11 Jun, 2016 12:50 pm
Race 6 Flemington today
Winner - Whoop Whoop
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by Bozo Sat 11 Jun, 2016 2:09 pm
Shane
Whoop Whoop is a good name for a horse whose mother was "Beyond".
A 3 Year Old New Zealand Bay Gelding.....probably not descended from the horses that dragged logs to the Woop Woop Mill.
Woop Woop Mill Horse with Augustine the blacksmith
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by _Wilks Sat 11 Jun, 2016 6:29 pm
Never mind breeding.
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by Bozo Sat 11 Jun, 2016 9:23 pm
The Sunday Times in March 1926 reported that the Timber Corporation had purchased a Vulcan Two Ton Truck to cart sleepers from Wilga (Woop Woop).
The Truck was reported to be able to carry 3 Ton 5 CWT of sleepers.
A similar vehicle is shown below
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