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| Title | McCaughey Mill Company's two-truck Shay locomotive no. 1, Fortson, n.d. |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Caption on image: The McCaughey Mill Co., Fortson, Wash. Kinsey Photo, Seattle. No. 1
PH Coll 516.1874 |
| Contextual Notes | McCaughey Mill Company appears to have been in business ca. 1910 to ca. 1930.
Fortson is slightly more than twenty miles east of Arlington, in north central Snohomish County. Established in 1896, it was named for Capt. George H. Fortson three years later. On March 26, 1899, he was killed at Passig Bridge in the Philippines during the Spanish American War.
This particular locomotive was built in March 1910. It was a Class B locomotive weighing 71,000 pounds. It was built for McCaughey Mill Company and its shop number was 2294.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Railroad locomotives--Washington (State)
Lumber--Washington (State)
Lumber industry--Washington (State)
McCaughey Mill Company--People--Washington (State)--Fortson
McCaughey Mill Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)--Fortson
McCaughey Mill Company--Facilities--Washington (State)--Fortson
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Shay locomotives
Locomotive engineers--Washington (State)--Fortson
Locomotive firemen--Washington (State)--Fortson
Sawmill workers--Washington (State)--Fortson
Sawmills--Washington (State)--Fortson
Crosscut saws--Washington (State)--Fortson
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Snohomish County
United States--Washington (State)--Fortson |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK0311 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | C. Kinsey 1874
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection. PH Coll 516
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b/w ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003. |
