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Railroad trestle and loading site with log train being loaded, camp 8, Saginaw Timber Company, possibly in Grays Harbor County, n.d.
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| Title | Railroad trestle and loading site with log train being loaded, camp 8, Saginaw Timber Company, possibly in Grays Harbor County, n.d. |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Camp 8, Saginaw Tmbr. Co. C. Kinsey Photo. No. 21
PH Coll 516.3146 |
| Contextual Notes | The Saginaw Timber Company incorporated on March 18, 1908 and organized in 1909. The company was to be capitalized at $100,000. The organizers were A J Morley and W G Hopkins. The company constructed and operated a 40 mile logging railroad in the Aberdeen area. In 1919, the company merged the E H Lester Logging Company, a two mile logging railroad in the Montesano area. In 1933, the company merged the Gray's Harbor and Pacific Railroad Company, a 9.25 mile railroad in the Aberdeen area. The company also merged the Saginaw Southern Railway Company. By 1934 the company was known as the Saginaw Logging Company and operated in the Brooklyn area. In 1947, the company acquired the Bridges to Vesta track from the Gray's Harbor and Puget Sound Railway Company. In 1946, the company was reorganized as the Saginaw Lumber Company. On February 14, 1947 the company was dissolved.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Logs
Trestles--Washington (State)
Railroad tracks--Washington (State)
Railroad cars--Washington (State)
Saginaw Timber Company (Brooklyn, Wash.)--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Steam donkeys--Washington (State)
Spartrees--Washington (State)
Logging railroads--Washington (State)
Slash (Logging)--Washington (State)
Logging--Washington (State)
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State) |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK01376 |
| 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 3146
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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 or 9800XL at 100 ppi in grayscale. Resized using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 or 8.0 so that the long dimension was either 768 pixels horizontal or 600 pixels vertical, then saved in JPEG format at quality rating 3. 2004 |
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