Mar 29, 2023 | Benefits & Use, History, Industrial Revolution
Every good “ghost story” tells the life story of the person whose soul is stuck between this life and the after-life. The audience learns his or her trials and tribulations, and usually what “unresolved issues” are keeping the spirit circling its childhood home. The...
Sep 30, 2022 | Benefits & Use, History, North American Expansion
The construction of railway systems that could withstand the severe northern climate came at a pivotal point in Canada’s history and played an important role in fostering Canadian unification and independence from Britain. Entrepreneurial drive, technological...
Sep 12, 2022 | Benefits & Use, History, Industrial Revolution
A History of the Shortline Railroad from Montreal to Portland, Maine In the early 1800s, shipping remained the dominant way of transporting goods in the United States, yet the harsh environment of the northeast posed serious challenges to commerce. Temperatures there...
Sep 1, 2022 | Benefits & Use, History, Wood Treatment Processes
Creosote-treated wood has played a major role in infrastructure thanks to “empty-cell processes.” What are these? During the 19th century, wood could be preserved with creosote using a “full-cell” process, developed in 1838 by John Bethell. But this...
Jul 7, 2022 | Benefits & Use, History, News
More than a century ago the wooden railroad ties of the Delaware Bay and Cape May Railroad traversed the sandy beaches of the New Jersey coast. They had just one job: to transport sand to the Cape May Sand Company for manufacturing glass and construction purposes. Its...
Jun 13, 2022 | History, Regulation, Wood Treatment Processes
Following a century of experimentation in treating and preserving wood for industrial and transportation purposes in the U.S., at the turn of the 20th century Max Rüping and Cuthbert Lowry developed wood pressure-treatment methods that revolutionized the industry. The...
