DOCUMENTI DI ARCHEOLOGIA FORESTALE: LESEGHERIEIDRAULICHE DELLA VALLE DEL PIAVE

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Abstract<title> SUMMARY </title>Water-powered saws were the first kind of mechanized installations to saw logs. The author analyses the technical features and the history of the «Venetian saws» of the Cadore region, an area that was at the centre of an economic system based on the use of forest resources, saw milling and water transportation of wood. The presence of these installations in this area dates back to the twelfth century. In the middle of the nineteenth century they reached their largest number. Some of these saws are still in operation in the province of Belluno.