Code: | 175 |
Corporate Name: | Grogan Lumber Company tram road at Gladstell |
Folk Name: | |
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Ownership: | Grogan Lumber Company |
Years of Operation: | 1915 to 1930 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | 15 |
Locations Served: | Gladstell, on the Houston East & West Texas, in Liberty County. |
Counties of Operation: | Liberty |
Line Connections: | Houston East & West Texas |
Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | |
History: | The Grogan Manufacturing Company's mill at Gladstell appeared in a 1915 directory of sawmills as having a daily cutting capacity of 50,000 feet. Forty percent of the mill's business was in tie production. It was still operating in 1928 and was running a company town at Gladstell. Its tram road that year was fifteen miles in length. |