W. S. Carter
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36" gauge, converted to standard gauge 1915, 30-lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Townsend, MS (Kemper County) Mill Capacity: 25,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1912-1918 Miles Operated: 5 miles Locomotives Owned: 3 |
Other Equipment: 8 log cars |
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History by Gil Hoffman: W.
S. Carter, formerly of Hawkes, in Jones County, built a sawmill at Townsend,
Kemper County, about 1912. This mill was of the circular type with a cutting
capacity of 25,000 feet per day. Townsend was on the Sanoody Valley
Railroad, 6½miles east of DeKalb. The mill cut out in the spring of 1918,
after which the sawmill and logging equipment were advertised for sale.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 36-inch
gauge locomotives: 4?
0-4-0T
Porter
9x12
Possibly transferred from Carter operation at Hawkes, MS. Traded to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1109,
Atlanta, GA, as part payment on engine
#7. 6
0-4-0T
Porter
2757
2-1903
9x14 Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #877, Atlanta, GA, on 2-15-13. Cost
$1,425. Built as Drake & Stratton Co. #70, Pittsburgh, PA;
to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #877. Sold to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1019; to
Fortune Hunter Coal Co., Northfork, WV, on 2-15-16. Standard
gauge locomotives: 7
2-6-0
Lima
1055
7-1907
33
11x16
38000 Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1009, Atlanta, GA, on 6-18-15. Cost
$2,650 plus trade in of engine #4. Built as Carter Manufacturing Co. #6, Carters, FL (a
10x16 0-6-0); to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1009, on 4-14-15,
converted by SI&E Co. to an 11x16 2-6-0. For
sale
6-1918. Sold to Miller-Spangler Mining Co., Clinton, MO; to
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1483; to Albemarle Lumber Co., Alapaha,
GA, on 10-20-19; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1645. |
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