Code: | 83 |
Corporate Name: | Alf Bennet Lumber Company |
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Ownership: | Alf Bennet Lumber Company; Bush Brothers Lumber Company; Barrett & Cline Lumber Company |
Years of Operation: | ca. 1906 to ca. 1914 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | Five |
Locations Served: | Spring. Harris |
Counties of Operation: | Harris and Montgomery |
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Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | Narrow gauge 20-ton Shay over 5 miles of tram with 12 log cars. Logs were transferred to standard guage I&GN cars and shipped 9 miles to the mill. |
History: | In 1910 Bush Brothers operated five miles of narrow gauge tram with a 20-ton Shay and twelve log cars. The logs were transferred to the standard gauge rails of the International & Great Northern and shipped nine miles to the mill where there was no log pond. Timberlands were owned in Montgomery County.
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