One of the white elephants of the Madera Lumber Company. Section 28 T 3 N R 17 E. This was a small, circular sawmill and the lumber was transported on very heavy, large-wheeled trucks from the north fork of the Tuolomne River to a point on the Standard Lumber Company's logging railroad near Confidence. The picture shows one of the large steam tractors used for hauling trains of trucks. The mill was abandoned about 1920
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Location: average distance Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable One person present, name unknown
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image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-1386
Subject
Lumber transportation - Steam tractors Lumber companies - Madera Sugar Pine Company Lumber mills Tractors Lumber mills - Madera Sugar Pine Company Lumber industry - History Tuolumne County
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