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Research: Tram & Railroad Database
Code:
341
Corporate Name:
Thomason & Caldwell
Folk Name:
W. J. Thomason & W. T. Caldwell lease from W. D. Chew
Incorporated:
Ownership:
Years of Operation:
1909
Track Type:
Standard Gauge
Wooden Rails
Track Length:
Locations Served:
Jim's Bayou (Marion Cty)
Counties of Operation:
Line Connections:
Track Information:
Tram Road
Logging / Industrial
Common Carrier
Logging Camp
Equipment:
History:
W. D. Chew owned a sawmill site on Jims Bayou in Marion County. He leased it, with the dry kilns, lumber yard, tram way, and tenant houses, in 1909, to W. J. Thomason and W. T. Caldwell.