Code: | 114 |
Corporate Name: | Sam Allen and Company tram road at Asia |
Folk Name: | |
Incorporated: | |
Ownership: | Sam Allen and Company. Sam C. Allen, John K. Allen, John Donovan, and, later, McDouglad |
Years of Operation: | 1889 to 1900 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | Unknown |
Locations Served: | Asia (Polk) |
Counties of Operation: | Polk |
Line Connections: | Trinity and Sabine |
Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | One steam locomotive called the “Donovan” |
History: | Sam Allen and Company operated a sawmill and tram road at Asia, about three miles west of Corrigan, from about 1889 to 1900. Logging was done over a tram road with the “Donovan,” a steam locomotive named after John Donovan, an Allen partner and manager of the Asia lumber facility. |