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April 7, 2005

Construction Industry Spotlight: Skinny logs get respect in new Montana library

  • Boosting demand for smaller logs would help reduce fuel for fires.
    • By SUSAN GALLAGHER
    Associated Press Writer

    Darby Community Public Library
    AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service
    Visitors view the ceiling inside the Darby Community Public Library. The Forest Service wants to show how logs otherwise used for posts, paper or firewood can work in modern construction.

    DARBY, Mont. — When the public library here moved from a tiny log cabin without plumbing to a stunning new building, patrons may have wondered if they were in a Western lodge: rock fireplace, rustic tables, armchairs that beckon, and the overarching use of logs with warm tones of brown.


     
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