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Donald Ives wrote this extensive weather report for the town complete with 6 charts to summer 2007 for inclusion in the republication of Papers on the History of Worthington

Advertising card for Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil [sic], color lithograph. The oil was a cure-all. On back, stamped: 'Presented by C. K. Brewster. Worthington, Mass.' Presumably this was sold at the Brewster Store in Worthington Center. The item was…

Black and white photographic postcard of 32 Williamsburg rd. Worthington, Ma.

Work behind Maples Senior Housing in 2008

The E.C. Ring manufacturing company which was located in South Worthington produced hand tools for use in the carpentry and related trades. This item is an example of a plane produced in the mid 19c by E.C. Ring.

End of logging operation converting woodland to grazable fields on the east side of SH-143.

Steeple and part of NE façade of S. Worthington Methodist church. Photographed by Ed Lewis. Church was built in 1848

SE portico, S. Worthington Methodist church.

November 2021 photograph of the east façade of the First Congregational Church. Processed with Adobe Photoshop 2022 (r) 'oil paint' filter. Planned for use in a Worthington Library publication.

Video. Saplings and brush resulting from a logging operation is mechanically chipped in anticipation of transportation off site.

This video depicts the mechanical harvesting of a spruce plantation that was planted in the 1930's as part of a 'make work' project on the part of a wealthy landowner.

Video. Brush resulting from a logging operation is mechanically chipped and put into a box truck for transportation off site.

The first of an estimated 1,700 trees is coming down. It snowed last night; powder snow has shaken off the tree as it is being cut.

The 'feller buncher' consists of a boom, grabbing hooks and a disc. The disc has teeth that are about 1-in x 1-in x 1-in, far larger (as expected) than a chainsaw. The hydraulically-driven disc is visible at the end of the boom. The operator just…

Cutting spruce plantation. The 'feller buncher' with one operator has been working for about 1.5 hours; he has taken down about 50 trees or so. The machine can cut a 12-inch tree in about 1 second! This is extremely efficient timber harvesting!

Spruce logs from spruce plantation have been cut and stacked. They are to be skidded to a central location for further processing.

Logs are in queue for further processing. The picker is picking up clean boughs for chipping. The ships will be used to generate steam at Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton.

The spruce plantation has been removed using a 'feller buncher'. The logs have been removed from the site. The green needles on the ground will decompose. It will be necessary either to graze a few goats in the cut area, or plan to brush hog the…

The spruce plantation has been cut. The logs are queued for further processing. The pollards are stacked for chipping. These tree-tops are clean, they will be chipped for burning as bio-mass at the Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton.
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Spruce logs have been cut to length and loaded into a truck for transportation to a saw mill. These logs will be used for building a log cabin.