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Tales from Grandpa Augustus
The history of logging in the Pacific Northwest is an epic saga of giant trees and the rugged souls whose lives revolved around them. These legendary adventurers, mainly Swedes, conquered the ancient forests with only their wits, their axes and saws, their ingenious contraptions, and their indomitable will. They were said to be serious about only two things--work and beer; beyond that, they were occasionally known to blur--no, demolish--the line between myth and reality, giving rise to some of the most outrageous and hilariously tall tales in the history of folklore.
Here then, as a special treat for WoodCentral's esteemed visitors, is a collection of logging tales that have been preserved for posterity by Forrest Addy--friend, expert machinist and frequent contributor to WoodCentral. Forrest's great-grandfather Augustus was a real character--at times a cobbler, logger, millwright and mayor--in the early days of Port Orchard, Washington. Told in Forrest's inimitable style, Augustus's stories are sure to amuse, delight and entertain you. Enjoy them!
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Tall Timber Short Lines Magazine
Oso Publishing is very proud to have taken over publication of Tall Timber Short Lines magazine. From its humble beginnings as Plan Finder in the 1970s, the magazine has grown and evolved into the premier source of information on logging railroads. TTSL offers both historical insight and technical detail and is designed to appeal to both the enthusiast looking for information and the modeler looking for detail.
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Texas Forestry Museum
Located in the heart of the East Texas Pineywoods, the
Texas Forestry Museum is one of the largest museums of its
kind in the United States. The Museum offers a historic look
at early logging, lumberjacks, sawmill towns, and the
development of one of Texas' oldest industries: wood
products.
Visit the full-sized logging locomotive, loader, and caboose, a forest lookout tower, early equipment used to haul logs and maket lumber, and the Urban
Wildscape Trail.
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The Fossmill Story
Life in a Railway Lumbering Village on the Edge of Algonquin Park Based on over 50 interviews with former residents, newspaper articles, and archival material, and with over 350 photographs, maps, and illustrations, The Fossmill Story tells the dramatic
story of the people who lived in a company village through the boom years of the twenties and the bust years of the Great Depression. It describes the logging and lumbering operations of the Fassett Lumber Corporation and its railway that drew logs from the highlands of Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park to its mill in Fossmill.
Info: URL: http://www.pastforward.ca/publications/pf02/fossmillstory.htm (Added: 12-Nov-2000)
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Thurso and Nation Valley Railway
Thurso and Nation Valley Railway, last logging railway in eastern Canada. This is a monograph on the last logging railway in eastern Canada, the Thurso and Nation Valley Railway. I came to know this line in its later years and watched it die in 1986. These notes will serve as a reminder of a very interesting railway and a way of life which is now gone for ever.
Info: URL: http://www.railways.incanada.net/thurso/tnvrmenu.htm (Added: 12-Jun-2000)
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Timber Times
Timber Times publishes both quality railroad books and the quarterly logging railroad modelers magazine dedicated to
fullfilling your needs for modeling in all scales. You get plans, model building articles, lots of great historical photos and histories
of operations and outfits. Request your free information packet today!
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Washburn Logging & Lumbering
By the end of 1886 three huge mills take up the entire waterfront of the West End of Washburn. Great gaps in the forest have opened up and now a railroad is being built into the interior to facilitate the removal of forests that because of the lack of rivers could not feasibly be cut before. Within a few more years not a tree can be seen. Racing through the slashing left by loggers, huge forest fires burn what is left. Within twenty years of the city’s founding, most of the pine is gone. The mills remain running for a while, cutting Michigan and Minnesota pine that comes in great rafts of a million feet or more, but the end is in sight.
Hopefully this site will help one to understand the great logging industry that once existed in Washburn and Northern Bayfield County
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Western Lumber Co. - Westfir, OR
Long before the SP's Cascade line was completed, the small town of Westfir (MP 582.7) was the location of a large lumber operation. Started as the Western Lumber Company, it later became the Westfir lumber company, and finally the Edward Hines Lumber Company. In 1966 the mill shipped nearly 2900 carloads of wood products via the SP!
Info: URL: http://spcascades.railfan.net/westernLumberCo.html (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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Wisconsin Logging Railroads
The purpose of this page is to provide information on an often overlooked aspect of railroading. While not as thrilling as their western counterparts, logging railroads in the State of Wisconsin still hold much interest. After all, it is the state where both Frederick Weyerhauser and Edward Hines got their start. What I will attempt to do is to provide a master list of all Wisconsin logging railroads including basic information such as dates of operation, (when known) location, and guage.
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