Huge Sawmill Operation near Darlington, SC

[LittleJohn]

So I was on a business trip to South Carolina, and we drove past the Darlington Motor Speedway and this sawmill (more like saw-COMPLEX); does anyone know what kind of products they produce?  Will apologize now, pictures takes while co-worker drove like a crazy person!!

Those cranes were impressive looked like they would pick up an entier load of tree length logs and stack them in these piles, maybe 30' tall or so.



  

  

 

[Magicman]

We have a similar yard here.  Pulp logs are staged here that are then debarked, chipped, and loaded into box trailers for their final trip to the paper mill.  No lumber leaves our facility.

[blade69001]

Here is the most recent listing of South Carolina Sawmills I have. Please note several of these mills no longer exist and some have changed their production around some so that the products listed may not be accurate.

http://www.state.sc.us/forest/mhard.pdf

[LittleJohn]

Think I figured it out Chesterfield Lumber Company, Inc.; at least that is what Google MAPS tells me - EVEN looks impressive from SPACE...

For those who are interested...near intersection of Hwy 52 & Business Hwy 52, in Darlington, SC

[beenthere]

Good catch.
Looks to be a reasonably good size operation, with two circular log piles (cranes in the center), mill, long green chain. Dry kilns, and millwork plant for finish work.
Can see a lot from the air with the new google map software.