Men using the whipsaw technique to cut wood. Photograph courtesy of Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries
Men used a technique known as "whipsawing" to cut the lumber they used to build their boats. The caption on the photograph, "A Klondyke Sawmill," (using a spelling popular at the time) represents how wide-spread the use of the term had become. In fact, the Klondike was several hundred miles away.

Photograph courtesy of Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries

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