Hommond Completing Bottery oi 4 New Kilns

IWO KILNS NEARIY COn PLEIED when thir phoro or left wss loken recently qte now in operotion. The kiln build' ings ore o combinqtion of reinforced concrete and Redwood "crib" con3lruclion, Eqch kitn hos thirteen 84-inch fans, eoch driven by ils own 5.h.p, molor. Heot is provided by steom in one-inch "ftnned" pipe toils' saturated steam for "conditioning" lumber in the final stages of drying.

Each kiln is 36' wide and 130' long with three tracks, on which lumber may be moved through the kilns. The kilns each have a capacity of approximately 136,000 board feet of 1" lumber; handling of units to and from the kilns is accomplished by lift truck.

A cooling shed at the discharge end of the kilns provides protection from the elements for the dry lumber while it is awaiting transportation to the dry sorter. Tracks in front of the kilns, and on the discharge end, will hold a complete charge of dry lumber. This arrangement permits the fast unloading and reloading of the kilns, thereby reducing to a minimum the time lost between charges.

As the rest of the new kilns are put into operation, more of the old dryers rvill be abandoned. Hammond presently is drying lumber at the rate of approximately 50 million board feet per year,