Details for Machinery from Early East Texas Logging Railroads

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5005006992

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Marker Number 6992
Atlas Number 5005006992
Marker Title Machinery from Early East Texas Logging Railroads
Index Entry Machinery from Early East Texas Logging Railroads
Address 1905 Atkinson Dr.
City Lufkin
County Angelina
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 337856
UTM Northing 3469842
Subject Codes lumber topics
Marker Year 1972
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Texas Forestry Museum
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Steam locomotive and tender No. 3 were bought 1908 by Carter-Kelley Lumber Co., for use in building a sawmill at Manning (about 18 mi. south); then in railroad building, logging, and passenger and freight hauling schedules. The 1906 wood-burning steam loader was also used by Carter-Kelley in building Manning Mill, and later served on "portable" logging railroads. Its cables could skid logs to tracks from distances of 300 to 500 feet. Carter-Kelley merged (1930s) with w. T. Carter & Brother. This equipment was retired in 1950s. (1972)

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