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Excelsior

One useful byproduct of the shingle mill is shredded wood, formerly a ubiquitous packing material -- the foam ‘peanuts‘ of its day. Called Excelsior (after the New York State motto), it was sometimes more marketable than the wooden shingles!

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Uploaded on October 19, 2008
Taken on October 12, 2008