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Curiously Adirondack

Going "Ollywood"

Ollie Burgess turns trees into rustic building materials.

Aired 04/03/2016 | Rating NR

Curiously Adirondack

Going "Ollywood"

Special | 9m 4s

Ollie Burgess turns trees into rustic building materials.

A scientist turned sawyer named Ollie Burgess turns trees into rustic building materials in the northern Adirondack township of St. Armand. It's a bustling business, on one hand appearing straight out of the nineteenth century and on the other incorporating modern technology at every turn. Whether it's rough-sawn native lumber or a mortise-and-tenon-jointed cedar railing with the bark on, if it's

Aired 04/03/2016 | Rating NR

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Curiously Adirondack is a local public television program presented by Mountain Lake PBS

Special Thanks to our sponsors, Paul Smith's College, The Adirondack Coast, Bridge Street Auctions, Adirondack Life, Casella Zero-Sort Recycling, Cumberland 12 Cinemas, Mike Foote - State Farm Agent, and Hyde Fuel Company. We couldn't have done it without you!

Curiously Adirondack

Going "Ollywood"

Special | 9m 4s

A scientist turned sawyer named Ollie Burgess turns trees into rustic building materials in the northern Adirondack township of St. Armand. It's a bustling business, on one hand appearing straight out of the nineteenth century and on the other incorporating modern technology at every turn. Whether it's rough-sawn native lumber or a mortise-and-tenon-jointed cedar railing with the bark on, if it's

Aired 04/03/2016 | Rating NR

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Curiously Adirondack is a local public television program presented by Mountain Lake PBS

Special Thanks to our sponsors, Paul Smith's College, The Adirondack Coast, Bridge Street Auctions, Adirondack Life, Casella Zero-Sort Recycling, Cumberland 12 Cinemas, Mike Foote - State Farm Agent, and Hyde Fuel Company. We couldn't have done it without you!

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