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StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0358Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a ship yard with a multitude of wooden barrels being prepared for loading. Above the image "25" is printed, below the image "V23233 - The Greatest Rosin Market in the World. Savannah, Ga." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydeny, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23233
THE GREATEST ROSIN MARKET IN THE WORLD, SAVANNAH, GA
Here, on the docks at Savannah, you see thousands and thousands of barrels of rosin, for Savannah is the largest rosin market in the world.
All over the coastal plains fo the South are forests of pine, commonly known as Geogia Pine. The timber of this tree is widely used in shipbuilding. The wood is filled with tarpentine which enables it to resist water but makes it wonderfully inflammable. The bark of the tree is cut, and as the bum runs out it is caught and carried to the still where it is heated to a low temperature. The turpentine rises in vapor and passes through pipes where it is cooled and made ready to be put inot barrels. The rosin made thick by heating, is left. Its quality depends upon the purity of the gum and the delicacy of the distillation.
Turpentine, rosin, and tar are known as naval stores because of their use in making ships water-tight. They are used now in innumberable other ways. Rosin is used in varnishes and paint, in the manufacture of sealing-wax, in kaing soap and in medicine.
Savannah has an excellent land-locked harbor with a broad channel deep enough to accommodate vessels drawing 28 to 30 feet. In the value of its exports it ranks seventh among the ports of the United States. its chief exports are naval stores but lareg quantities of cotton are also shipped.
The tree from which these naval stores are obtained is knwon as the long-leaved or Southern pine. The "needles" measure from ten to fifteen inches in length. The cones grow on the ends of the branches and are from six to ten inches long. Its wood is the most beautiful and useful of all the pines.
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