Machinery from Early East Texas Logging Railroads
Steam locomotive and tender No. 3 were bought 1908 by Carter-Kelley Lumber Co., for use in building a sawmill at Manning (about 18 mi. south); then in railroad building, logging, and passenger and freight hauling schedules. The 1906 wood-burning steam loader was also used by Carter-Kelley in building Manning Mill, and later served on "portable" logging railroads. Its cables could skid logs to tracks from distances of 300 to 500 feet. Carter-Kelley merged (1930s) with w. T. Carter & Brother. This equipment was retired in 1950s. (1972)
31.3503° N, 94.7051° W
Where to Find It
Texas Forestry Museum
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi N Equipment Typical of Early Texas Logging Lufkin
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- 1.1 mi W Mantooth Farm Lufkin
- 1.3 mi W Masonic Hall of Lufkin Lufkin
- 1.3 mi SW Original Site of St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church Lufkin
- 1.4 mi E Southland Paper Mills, Inc. Lufkin