page_title: Tanbark
hierarchical_section_title: Tanbark
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing of peeling bark for the tannery in Prattsville, New York during the 1840s, when it was the largest in the world. Text below the image read "Peeling, and piling hemlock bark, for Prattsville Tannery." It was partially obscured with the top half of the letters cut off, but I think that's what it said (piling could be wrong). Français&#160;: Gravure représentant la coupe et l'écorcage d'arbres (Pruches dont l'écorce est particulièrement riche en tanins) pour en utiliser ce tain (tanin) pour la tannerie de Prattsville, dans les années 1840, quand elle a été la plus grande du monde. Le texte de la légende sous l'image est partiellement tronqué, mais il pourrait être "Ecorçage et empilage d'écorce de pruche, pour la tannerie de Prattsville"
context_page_description: Tanbark is the bark of certain species of trees. It is traditionally used for tanning hides into leather.
  The words "tannin", "tanning", "tan," and "tawny" are derived from the Medieval Latin tannare, "to convert into leather."
  Bark mills are horse- or oxen-driven or water-powered edge mills and were used in earlier times to shred the tanbark to derive tannins for the leather industry. A "barker" was a person who stripped bark from trees to supply bark mills.
context_section_description: Tanbark is the bark of certain species of trees. It is traditionally used for tanning hides into leather.
  The words "tannin", "tanning", "tan," and "tawny" are derived from the Medieval Latin tannare, "to convert into leather."
  Bark mills are horse- or oxen-driven or water-powered edge mills and were used in earlier times to shred the tanbark to derive tannins for the leather industry. A "barker" was a person who stripped bark from trees to supply bark mills.
caption: Workers peeling hemlock bark for the tannery in Prattsville, New York, United States.
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