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| Title | Loggers at camp 4, with Simpson Logging Company's three-truck Shay locomotive 7, Mason County, ca. 1935 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | ca. 1935 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Camp 4, Simpson Log. Co., Shelton. C. Kinsey Photo. No. 7
PH Coll 516.4015 |
| Contextual Notes | Sol G. Simpson and his family moved to Mason County in 1887, where Simpson worked laying ties and rails for the Port Blakely Mill Company's logging railroad. He formed S. G. Simpson Company in Matlock in 1890. Three of Simpson's brothers joined him in Mason County, and two of them worked for him. Simpson Logging Company opened its first sawmill, the Reed Mill, at Shelton in 1925. Numerous other mills and logging operations along the West Coast have been acquired by Simpson over the years. [Source: James, David. Grisdale: Last of the Logging Camp. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1986.]
Camp no. 4 was located on Schaletske Prairie near the middle branch of the Satsop River. An earlier Camp Four operated on the Wynooche River not far from Grisdale in 1924. Houses were snuggled against the tracks and parents fenced their yards to keep little tots from interfering with log trains. The water tower supplied thirsty locomotives. Camp water came from a nearby creek. Camp 4 at Schaletske Prairie was in existence from 1930 to 1940.
This particular locomotive was built for the Phoenix Logging Company in January of 1924. It was acquired by Simpson when it bought Phoenix Logging. This locomotive served camps 4, 7 and 3 from 1924 until 1947. It is currently on display in Shelton.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Loggers
Railroad freight cars--Washington (State)
Railroad locomotives--Washington (State)
Lumber camps--Washington (State)
Lumber industry--Washington (State)
Simpson Logging Company--People--Washington (State)
Simpson Logging Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)
Simpson Logging Company--Facilities--Washington (State)
Mason County (Wash.)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Shay locomotives
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Mason County |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK01741 |
| 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 4015
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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 ppi in grayscale. Resized using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 so that the long dimension was either 768 pixels horizontal or 600 pixels vertical, then saved in JPEG format at quality rating 3. 2004 |
