This sawdust burner is about all that's left of one of Cape's largest employers - M.E. Leming Lumber Co., founded in 1893 and closed in 1992 after being hit with seven floods in three years.
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http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/cape-downtown/a-shadow-of-m-e-leming-lumber-company/
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