Code: | 229 |
Corporate Name: | Bradford-Hicks Lumber Company tram road |
Folk Name: | |
Incorporated: | |
Ownership: | Bradford-Hicks Lumber Company |
Years of Operation: | 1909 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | Five |
Locations Served: | Dyersburg
Harris
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Counties of Operation: | Harris |
Line Connections: | |
Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | Keeling: five miles of tram road |
History: | The Southern Industrial and Lumber Review in March 1909 reported that the Bradford-Hicks Lumber Company was constructing a new mill on the Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western railroad. W. A. Field, of Vernon Lumber Company at Leesville, was in charge for building the 35,000-feets-capacity plant. A tram road was also being constructed.
Keeling reports that Bradford-Hicks Lumber Company operated five miles of tram road from Mt. Holston. |