Code: | 152 |
Corporate Name: | Hays & Webb Lumber Company tram road |
Folk Name: | |
Incorporated: | |
Ownership: | J. A. Hays and Webb. |
Years of Operation: | ca. 1890 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | Three-quarters mile |
Locations Served: | Probably Dodge
Walker |
Counties of Operation: | Walker |
Line Connections: | |
Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | 1890: one tram engine, ten tram cars, and three-quarters mile of tram road (probably narrow gauge). |
History: | J. A. Hays and Webb owned a lumber company and sawmill in Walker County in 1890. That year they defaulted on loans and had to sell their mill and equipment. Included was their tram road operation, consisting of a tram engine, ten tram cars, and three-quarters of a mile of tram road. The engine and six of the tram cars had been bought from Peter and Frank Josserand of Montgomery County. |