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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 19, 2023 8:37:48 GMT -5
 This huge tree has a huge trunk diameter, suggesting the tree might be so old to have been planted by Fr. Fitton whose little school on the side of a hill was subsumed by Bishop Fenwick in founding the College, or by Fenwick. The tree does not appear to be diseased, but it had developed an appreciable lean to the west. If it fell, it might have struck Beaven. By taking it down now, the College avoids the spectacle of tree-hugging students circling the tree, chanting 'NO RESPECT! [for history or tradition.]. |
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Post by newfieguy74 on Jul 19, 2023 9:52:44 GMT -5
I'd like to think they wouldn't have taken down the tree without getting the opinion of an arborist (or maybe a lawyer!).
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 19, 2023 10:57:22 GMT -5
In such cases with an historic tree, we should not send the tree to the chipper, but turn it into lumber and make something of it to let it "live on" in a way, e.g. crosses, plaques, trophies, a piece of furniture.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jul 19, 2023 11:57:07 GMT -5
Hardwood on the basketball court!
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 19, 2023 12:33:06 GMT -5
Hardwood on the basketball court! The standard wood for courts is maple. This definitely wasn't a maple tree. The stump remains, eyeballing it on the webcam, I'd say the diameter was 2+ feet, perhaps 3'. ----------------------
In the learn-something-new-everyday, I viewed a YouTube video yesterday that described the U.S. Nany's 40,000+ acre forest in Indiana, overseen by three foresters. The main reason for the forest is to provide white oak for one ship: the USS Constitution. No other kind of oak will suffice. It takes many decades for a white oak tree to reach harvestable maturity, and natural supplies of this species are dwindling. (Its the white oak planking that supposedly caused cannonballs to bounce off, giving rise to the sobriquet of "Old Ironsides".)
White oak is apparently the same as Sessile oak, grown in the government forests of France.
www.france24.com/en/europe/20210309-france-fells-centuries-old-oaks-to-rebuild-the-notre-dame-cathedral-spire
^^^ American carpenters part of the team hewing oak logs into the timber framing for Notre Dame, using medieval techniques. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 19, 2023 12:40:29 GMT -5
White oak is also specified for bourbon and for Tennessee whiskey. Bourbon must be aged in newly charred white oak barrels. In contrast, Scotch most often uses barrels multiple times. With the ongoing boom in bourbon sales and the continuing strength of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey there are increasing demands for white oak. My former employer has its own wood lots, stave processing plants, and cooperage.
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Post by HC13 on Jul 19, 2023 14:27:59 GMT -5
I'd like to think they wouldn't have taken down the tree without getting the opinion of an arborist (or maybe a lawyer!). Likely need to get permission from the local Tree Warden |
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 19, 2023 18:40:22 GMT -5
Going forward, all HC Presidents should plant a tree on campus with a plaque designating the tree. Would be a sustainable and memorable tribute.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 19, 2023 21:00:35 GMT -5
In such cases with an historic tree, we should not send the tree to the chipper, but turn it into lumber and make something of it to let it "live on" in a way, e.g. crosses, plaques, trophies, a piece of furniture. Stakes to kill vampires. |
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Post by timholycross on Jul 20, 2023 9:19:20 GMT -5
Cape Cod is losing/has lost a lot of oak trees due to some disease. We had five we had to get rid of and a fifth go uprooted. All dead or about to be.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 20, 2023 9:50:52 GMT -5
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