Longleaf Lumber (Cambridge, Mass.) salvaged heart pine beams from the Elizabeth Mill in Warwick, R.I., and will begin the process of milling the nearly century-and-a-half old wood into wood flooring.
The beams date as far back as 1875, when the steam-powered textile mill was constructed by New England industrialist Thomas Jefferson Hill and named in honor of his wife.
The mill, sized at 324 feet by 70 feet, was framed with “top-notch, heavy-duty longleaf pine beams,” according to an article from Longleaf Lumber.
The beams taken down by Longleaf Lumber will be de-nailed, sawn, kiln-dried and milled into six grades of flooring and paneling, including clear, vertical grain No. 1 quartersawn heart pine.
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