Factories that Float.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 1 May 1914, Page 2

Factories that Float.

Floating factories hove become an important part of the development of the forest resources of India. In certain parts of the country forests are only accessible through. the water-courses, and the gre-it expense of erecting land plants for the utilization of the lumber resources n.akes such a course impracticable. Therefore sawmills and other manufacturing establishments are built on floating platforms and moved up the streams as they are needed. After the lumber is prepared in a. sawmill it can be packed in a way that makes transportation much more economical than any system of logging. Plants for the preparation of tannin extracts have also been established in this manner. The plants are built on flat boats, 200 ft. long by 27ft. wide, capable of carrying a load of 470 tons.