Reflecting on Una-Lam's Long History

As some of you may remember, our area flooded in June 2006 and most of our Una-Lam archives were destroyed. We recently came across some old brochures and printed photos that survived and this discovery got us thinking about our history as a wood products manufacturer. Here are some of the most interesting finds from the Una-Lam wayback machine.

This first photo shows our employees manufacturing and assembling a glulam truss in the Community Field next to our Unadilla office. This would have been taken prior to the construction of our manufacturing plant in 1963. In fact, this truss may be for our glulam plant. We now have a modern, indoor manufacturing facility, but it is fun to see where we started.

These next two photos were found among a stack of old jobsite photos. The project names are most likely lost, but they are good examples of our glulam expertise and the wide variety of work we have been doing for many years. In keeping with the saying "what's old is new" we were also surprised to see how the second photo looks so similar to our recent Vertical Screen, Inc. project.

This next piece is an old flyer, showing a church we supplied glulam for locally.

Our final photo shows a covered bridge under construction that we fabricated more recently (in 2000.) It is the Smith Bridge in Plymouth, NH. With a total length of 176' incorporating over 250,000 board ft. of timber and a HS 20 Load Capacity it was dubbed the "Worlds Strongest Covered Bridge" at the time. It shows another example of our experience manufacturing glulam bridges, especially covered bridges.

We're fond of saying that "If it can be done with wood, Una-Lam can do it." These photos show how we have the experience necessary to do just that. If you're thinking of using glulam on your next building project, please give us a call at 607-369-9341 to find out how we can put our expertise to work for you.