Logging Railroads Of The Adirondacks

Author : William Gove
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815607946
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logging Railroads of the Adirondacks written by William Gove and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period of 1890-1950 marked the romantic era of steam power as the rails reached deep into the old growth of the Adirondack woods to harvest the timber crop. In this volume, not only does William Gove provide an in-depth history of railroad activity in the Adirondacks he also describes the logging methods used, the role of railroads in the logging industry, and the influence of the railroads on the condition of the Adirondack forest today. In addition, he addresses the political and economic forces determining the location and viability of logging railroads, villages, and the forest industry.

Author : Bill Gove
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781931271196
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logging Railroads Along the Pemigewasset River written by Bill Gove and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'Logging Railroads along the Pemigewasset River' by retired forester and longtime rail buff Bill Gove tells the fascinating story of the golden age of lumbering and railroading in the Pemigewasset River Valley of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Based on more than three decades of research, Gove's book examines the history of the various logging operations that worked the Pemi watershed for a period of nearly 50 years. Among the logging railroads covered are the Gordon Pond, Woodstock & Thornton Gore, and Beebe River Railroads, plus the timberland operations of the Johnson Lumber Company, Woodstock Lumber Company, W.D. Veazey and Company, and Parker Young Company." --Publisher's description.

Author : Kramer A. Adams
Publisher : Seattle : Superior Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logging Railroads of the West written by Kramer A. Adams and published by Seattle : Superior Publishing Company. This book was released on 1961 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers logging railroad history in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevaha, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico from the 1860's through the 1950's.

Author : William J. O'Hern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974394367
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in a North Woods Lumber Camp written by William J. O'Hern and published by . This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before Thomas O¿Donnell entered school he had chewed tobacco and pitched horseshoes with lumberjacks at his father¿s camp. He witnessed the felling of the tallest trees and watched wide-eyed as the lumberjacks rode the logs through swift waters. He sat at the table when they arm wrestled and was a spectator at axe throwing competitions. Life in a North Woods Lumber Camp is O¿Donnell¿s personal story of his life growing up in a lumber camp, vivid recollections that lay dormant for fifty years following his death. William J. O¿Hern has brought this lost treasure to light in a lavishly illustrated book with dozens of period photographs.

Author : Thomas T. Fetters
Publisher : Timbertimes Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780965021395
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logging Railroads of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains: Cold Mountain, Black Mountain and White Top written by Thomas T. Fetters and published by Timbertimes Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Holtzman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998489315
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railroad written by Holtzman and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Railroad, Book Two of Tony Holtzman's Adirondack Trilogy, the action shifts from logging to the railroad as it advances inexorably across the Adirondacks, bringing tragedy to the Carter family while transforming the logging industry and accelerating tourism.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rails in the North Woods written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank Alexander King
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816640843
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minnesota Logging Railroads written by Frank Alexander King and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the heyday of lumberjacks and sawmills, railroads such as the Duluth and Northern Minnesota and the Alger-Smith enabled logging companies to break away from the traditional mode of transportation (floating logs downriver) and its shortfalls (logjams and winter freezes). Frank King traces this rich history from its beginnings in 1886 to the railroads' disappearance around 1937 when the last of the giant sawmills closed down. King profiles every logging railroad in Minnesota and examines all aspects of their operations, including locomotives such as the geared Shays and Heislers, McGiffert log loaders, Russel log cars, dump trestles, hot ponds, logging camp life, railroad finances, and the impact on communities as timber supplies ran out and lumbering and sawmill operations shut down, causing thousands to lose their jobs. Heavily illustrated throughout, Minnesota Logging Railroads contains maps, photographs, postcards, engineering drawings, and railroad memorabilia such as timetables, passes, fare receipts, and freight tariffs. The appendixes comprehensively list the state's logging railroads, locomotive rosters, and railroad and lumber company names.

Author : Philip J. Harris
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781605636801
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adirondack, Lumber Capital of the World written by Philip J. Harris and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1850 New York State produced more lumber than any state in the nationaa half million trees a year or a billion board feet of lumber. Enough lumber was produced in this area each year to make a boardwalk three-feet wide around the Earth. Most of the logs came out of the Adirondack area and were processed in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. This area was known as the Lumber Capital of the World. The Adirondack area produced many lumber barons. Many used their wealth to build churches, canals, turnpikes, railways, great dams, hydroelectric plants, and enormous lumber mills. The history of the Quaker pioneers who settled in this northern wilderness near the great falls on the Hudson River is depicted in this book. These pioneers built the first water-driven sawmills and gristmills. Adirondack, Lumber Capital of the World depicts the areaas lumber camps, log drives, saw mills, pulp mills, tanneries, and the building of the Erie and Champlain Canals.

Author : Kramer Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875645094
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logging Railroads of the West written by Kramer Adams and published by . This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: