 Because of the tree 's advanced decomposition within the center of its base , the trunk 's lowest 24 feet ( 7 @.@ 3 m ) were assessed to be worthless ; however , 66 feet ( 20 m ) of the trunk was salvaged in one entire piece . Another cutting yielded a 40 @-@ foot ( 12 m ) log in length , that averaged 54 inches ( 140 cm ) in diameter . The Island Creek Coal Company sent the 66 @-@ foot ( 20 m ) log to the Meadow River Lumber Company plant in <unk> , which had the largest cutoff saw in the Eastern United States . From this log , <unk> were cut , and other divisions of it produced lumber , tabletops , and novelty items . Various segments of the tree were cut and given to the West Virginia State Museum and the Smithsonian Institution . 
