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James Wilson Marshall was a skilled carpenter, wagon maker and millwright who spent his early adult life in Missouri before ill health convinced him to move to the West Coast. He arrived in California in mid-July 1845, where he quickly found
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The circular saw was introduced in 1820 by the Shakers, a religious group that formed in 18th century England and immigrated to America in 1774, who allegedly took the idea from the ratchet wheel of a clock. Because it did its cutting
During the 19th century some carpenters and joiners began specializing as millwrights, an occupation formerly engaged in solely by the millers themselves (skilled craftsmen who owned or operated mills that ground grains into flours). One typical
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