| US Patent: 619,490 
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| Band-saw mill | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Adelbert G. Lawrence (exact or similar names) - Motley, MN |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 24, 1897 |  
| Granted: | Feb. 14, 1899 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | This patent, which covers a method of driving a bandsaw blade using a second belt wrapped around the lower band wheel, appears to have been anticipated by Lemuel Hedge's patent 8,056 from 1851. The inventor was a partner in sawmill operator Curtiss & Lawrence (with Sydney H. Curtiss). |  |