After 2 weeks and the bridge rubber clue, I think (with a little help from the internet) I think I might have got it at last:-
Types of Pine Trees........Red or Norway: L : 2, 5-6 (its needles look like thin, graceful rapiers with which two squirrels might play at foils); C : 2-2 1/4; 3 X 120. Me. to Minn. and south to Pa. Medium between white and yellow Pines in quality. Largely used for bridges, buildings, piles, masts, and spars.
So, then, the answer must be Redbridge although I don't understand the stretch reference.
(Now awaits reply ... "No, not Redbridge"...)