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In 1892, the famous General Noble Tree (above) - a giant sequoia standing in California - was felled so it could be displayed at the Chicago World Fair.
The largest tree ever cut by humans was the General Noble Tree, a giant sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum) from the Converse Basin Grove in the Sierra Mountains of California, USA. Contemporary reports suggest it stood 285 ft (86.9 m) tall and had a diameter of 19 ft 6 in (5.3 m) at a height of 52 ft (15.8 m) off the ground at which the cut was made (with the aid of specially built scaffolding tower), though at the base this increased to a diameter of 26 ft (7.9 m) and a circumference of 81.5 ft (24.8 m). General Noble's total volume is estimated to have been around 1,250 m3 (44,140 cu ft) a...