Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 175
Corporate Name: Grogan Lumber Company tram road at Gladstell
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership: Grogan Lumber Company
Years of Operation: 1915 to 1930
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
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
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.