The once water-powered sawmill probably dates from the 18th century and consists of a partially bricked ground floor, partly built using hewn glacier scree, an upper floor built as a planked wooden scaffold construction and a roof scaffold created as a hybrid of a stripped chair scaffold and a furnace roof that covers nail shingles having

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Robert

August 14, 2020

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Great historical saw on the Bolgenach.

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bgegg

November 3, 2021

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The detour to the sawmill and the water drainage above it is worthwhile.

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Location: Hittisau, Bezirk Bregenz, Bezirk Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria

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