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| Title | Simpson Logging Company's three-truck Shay locomotive no. 7, with crew member and two women (probably mess hall waitresses), ca. 1929 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | ca. 1929 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Simpson Log Co. No. 8
PH Coll 516.4026 |
| 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.]
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) | Railroad locomotives--Washington (State)
Railroad tracks--Washington (State)
Women--Washington (State)
Men--Washington (State)
Simpson Logging Company--People--Washington (State)
Simpson Logging Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Shay locomotives
Waitresses--Washington (State)--Mason County
Locomotive firemen--Washington (State)--Mason County
Logging--Washington (State)--Mason County
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Mason County |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK0780 |
| 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 4026
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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. |
