Code: | 81 |
Corporate Name: | Blount-Decker Lumber Company tram road at Alto |
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Ownership: | Blount-Decker Lumber Company |
Years of Operation: | 1908 to 1921 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | Twelve |
Locations Served: | Alto Cherokee |
Counties of Operation: | Cherokee |
Line Connections: | St. L ouis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) at Alto |
Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | Keeling lists two geared and one rod locomotive on twelve miles of tram road. |
History: | The Blount-Decker mill at Alto operated from 1908 to 1921. Keeling listed two geared and one rod locomotive that operated on twelve miles of tram road. Grady Singletary noted that the company used green ties for the railroad bed because the operation would finish before the ties would rot.
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