Even today bamboo is used to make everything from ship masts to furniture.
Instead, the area became a storage area for ship masts, along with a row of other buildings on the island.
In the winters the ship masts and sails of the area were stored in the church attic.
The British built special barge-like vessels which could carry up to 50 pine trunks destined to be ship masts.
The timber trade, although lucrative, was a subject of conflict with the crown, which sought to reserve the best trees for use as ship masts.
The long, straight hardwood from the kauri was ideal for ship masts and spars.
It is surrounded by a skyline of cranes and ship masts.
Instead, a number of other buildings were built on the island, including storages for ship masts.
The stupidest Thull in the world will know what's going on if he sees a forest of ship masts coming down the river toward him.
You've sailed past more ship masts than there are men left in the Corps.