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Title
Logging Train
Contributor
Dietz, Glenn
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1900
Publication Information
Meriam Library. California State University, Chico
Contributing Institution
California State University, Chico
Collection
Northeastern California Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph shows logs - 6 logs equals 19,600 feet log scale - on a railroad train at Lyonsville, part of the Sierra Lumber Company operation. These are either white or yellow pine (ponderosa) logs. This timber was called white pine in the early days of the industry in California.
Type
image
Format
240x177 mm.
tif
Silver gelatin DOP – copy print
Identifier
sc24769
http://archives.csuchico.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll11/id/13603
Subject
Sierra Lumber Company (Calif.)
Logging
Trestles
Logging railroads
Logs
Railroad bridges
Railroad trains
Place
Lyonsville (Calif.)
Tehama County (Calif.)
Source
sc24769.tif
Relation
Hard Drive
photographs
Northeastern California Historical Photograph Collection

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