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Logging Railroads Of The Saco River Valley By Bill Gove Soft Cover
Logging Railroads Of The Saco River Valley By Bill Gove Reflection from lights on some photos
Soft Cover
Pages 142
Copyright 2001
Contents
Introduction vii Acknowledgments viii
The Old-Growth Forests Along the Saco River i
The Sawyer River Railroad II
The Bartlett and Albany Railroad 51
The Saco Valley Railroad 65
The Conway Company Railroads 79
The Wealth of the White Mountains 129
Glossary 135
Bibliography 137
Index 138
For a period of more than 5o years during the late 19th and early loth centuries, the Saco River Valley and its tributaries were the scene of some of the most intensive logging ever to take place in the rugged and wild White Mountains of New Hampshire. In Logging Railroads of the Saco River Valley, retired Vermont forester and longtime rail buff Bill Gove takes readers back to the days when timber was king in the Whites and lumberjacks cut their way through the virgin wilderness tracts of New England's most famous mountain region.
Based on more than go years of research, Gove's book examines the colorful history of the six logging railroad lines that once operated along or near the scenic Saco River, and the many controversial figures who were behind these labor-intensive timber operations. Among the half dozen logging rail lines covered in the book are the Sawyer River, Swift River, Bartlett & Albany, Saco Valley, Rocky Branch, and East Branch Railroads.
Logging Railroads of the Saco River Valley features more than 15o vintage photographs from this unique era in northern New England history, plus nearly a dozen original maps, and several charts detailing practically every aspect of the various logging operations.
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