Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code:	23
Corporate Name:	J. L. Cravens tram road
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership:	Joe L. Cravens
Years of Operation:	ca. 1930
Track Type:	Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length:	Unknown
Locations Served:	Wells, Cherokee County.
Counties of Operation:	Cherokee
Line Connections:
Track Information:	Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment:
History:	The J. L. Cravens mill plant at Wells, in Cherokee County, was listed in the Southern Lumberman's 1928 directory of sawmills as cutting ash, elm, black and red gum, hackberry, red and white oak, persimmon, walnut, willow, and shortleaf pine at 15,000 board feet per day. The mill had a commissary and its own logging road, which connected to the Cotton Belt.