1892, A family poses in front of 1341 year old Sequoia tree nicknamed ‘Mark Twain’ that was felled in 1892 after a team of two men spent 13 days sawing it. The giant tree was 331 feet tall (100 meters) and had a diameter of 16 feet (4.9 meters). [600 × 800]
by hreftwelve
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RIP to the old giant trees
very cool picture. sad about the tree but , wow
I bet it would have been an experience to see that fall!
Sad about the old tree though. Old worldy stuff like this is very cool. The tree witnessed a lot of history.
what a shame for the tree 🙁
It was cool back then…but now they’re just assholes.
These guys suck
How do you even process a tree that size? You’d have to cut it 10 more times just to make it light enough to move, then you’d need a massive sawmill to actually cut it into usable timber. Doesn’t seem worth the effort.