This Old House

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of his great-uncle Bill’s sawmill, a trove of sawn lumber and salvaged house and factory parts that Bill sold and bartered. After he died in 1999, the machinery was sold off and and home builder Jeff Sweenor to renovate their house in Westerly, RI, Scott suggested that he and Jeff take a look for anything useful.

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