Code: | 234 |
Corporate Name: | Morgan Brothers |
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Incorporated: | |
Ownership: | T. C. and J. H. Morgan |
Years of Operation: | 1893 to 1894 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | Seven |
Locations Served: | Big Sandy
Wood
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Counties of Operation: | Upshur and Wood |
Line Connections: | |
Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | Shay engine, thirteen logging cars, box car, two hand cars, fifty-two oxen |
History: | T. C. and J. H. Morgan of Hunt County mortgaged various lands plus their sawmill and planing mill in 1884. The mills were located about one-half mile southwest of Big Sandy, between the Cotton Belt and the Texas & Pacific tracks. The mills were steam powered. Morgan Brothers provided tenant housing, owned fifty-two work oxen. They operated seven miles of tram road with a shay engine, a box car, thirteen log cars. Two hand cars. A mule and two wagons. |