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Logging Railroads of South Carolina by Thomas Fetters w dust jacket
Logging Railroads of South Carolina by Thomas Fetters
Hard Cover w/ Dust jacket Small tear in front cover, on binding edge.
246 pages
Copyright 1990
CONTENTS
Illustrationsvi
Prefaceix
Acknowledgementsx
Logging Railroad Operators of South Carolinaxii
Addendaxix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The Forests And Swamps of South Carolina2
Chapter 2 Equipment Of South Carolina Loggers4
Chapter 3 Loggers Of Charleston And Berkeley Counties12
Chapter 4 The Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation And Other Georgetown Loggers44
Chapter 5 Loggers Of Conway And The Independent Republic60
Chapter 6 The Upper Pee Dee River Logging Railroads72
Chapter 7 Logging In The Pee Dee And Lynches River Basins86
Chapter 8 Logging Lines Of Sumter, Clarendon And Williamsburg Counties96
Chapter 9 Lurking Through Four Hole Swamp120
Chapter 10 Loggers Of The Central Sand Hills134
Chapter 11 Loggers Of Bamberg And Colleton Counties138
Chapter 12 Railroads Of The Savannah River Swamps162
Chapter 13 Loggers Of Barnwell And Aiken Counties182
Chapter 14 Loggers Of The Blue Ridge Mountains186
Rosters Of Lumber Railroads And Tramways196
Rosters Of Short Line Railroads223
1890 List Of Towns With Logging Railroads229
3-Foot-Gauge Loggers230
Common Carrier Logging Railroads230
Locomotives Used By South Carolina Loggers231
Geared And Other Unusual Steam Locomotives232
Contributors236
Bibliography 240
Index241
ILLUSTRATIONS
Illustration of South Carolina forests and swamps 2
Illustration of Climax, Forney, Heisler and Shay locomotives 4
Illustration of Burton Camp at Conifer 18
Illustration of Burton Company's Skidder #2 20
Illustration of S.M. Parker Lumber Works at Cordesville 27
Illustration of Atlantic Coast Lumber Company's Georgetown Camp 46
Illustration of Atlantic Coast Line's skyway car 52
Illustration of William L. Buck & Company's wharves 71
Illustration of William L. Buck & Company's store 71
Illustration of Anderson Lumber Company Camp at Marion 76
Illustration of Giles Bay Lumber Company Camp at Florence 95
Illustration of D.W. Alderman letterhead 104
Illustration of North Eastern Railroad rail rental voucher for T. Wilson Railroad 105
Circular announcing the opening of the Wilson & Summerton Railroad 107
Illustration of Mauldin Mill at Hampton 140
Cover of Edward's catalog featuring Hampton & Branchville's M-200 142
Floor plan and elevation of Edwards Railway Motor Company's Model 20 145
Illustration of Hiott's Depot 149
Illustration of Colleton Cypress Company's sawmill 151
Illustration of Wiggins sawmill 156
Illustration of Westmoreland Lumber Company's wharves 157
Illustration of Argent Lumber Company's camp 170
Plans for Argent Lumber Company's water tank and log loader 172
Illustration of culled longleaf pine forest in Hampton County 175
MAPS
1908 map of South Carolina Front end pages
Map of Charleston and Berkeley counties 12
Map of Charleston Lumber mills 14 I
Map of A.C. Tuxbury, Dorchester Land & Timber and other logging lines 15
Map of Cooper River Holdings, E.P. Burton Company 20
Map of D.W. Taylor and J.F. Prettyman's logging lines 31
Map of Camp Manufacturing Company and Russellville Lumber Company 36
Map of Sea Island Branch 41
Map of area west of Charleston 43
Map of Georgetown County 44
Map of railways of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company 46
Map of independent tramroads of Georgetown County 59
Map of Horry County 60
Map of Conway Lumber Company's logging lines 64
ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
Map of Marlboro, Dillon and Marion counties 72
Map of West Marion, South Carolina 75
Map of Chesterfield, Darlington and Florence counties 86
Map of Mann & Parker operations along the Pee Dee River 93
Map of Lee, Sumter, Clarendon & Williamsburg counties 96
Map of Alderman & Company's Alcolu Mill site 99
Map of logging lines of D.W. Alderman Sons & Company 101
Map of Northwestern Railroad at Summerton, South Carolina 103
Map of Northwestern Railroad lines 109
Map of Orangeburg and Dorchester counties 120
Map of Southern Railway and Dorchester Lumber Company at Badham 123
Map of Dorchester Lumber Company's and Badham Lumber Company's logging lines 124
Map of Branchville & Bowman Railroad at Bowman131
Map of Branchville & Bowman Railroad, 1891-1925 132
Map of Edisto River Lumber Company's logging line 133
Map of Kershaw, Richland, Lexington and Calhoun counties 134
Map of Garlington-Stomp Springs 137
Map of Bamberg and Colleton counties 138
Map of Hampton & Branchville Railroad's logging lines 140
Map of Lightsey Brothers Lumber Company's logging line 141
Map of Colleton Cypress Company's logging lines 150
Map of F.N. Jones Lumber Company's logging lines 150
Map of Avondale Lumber Company's logging lines 152
Map of Walterboro Lumber Company's logging lines 155
Map of Charleston Lumber Company, Westmoreland Lumber Company and Savannah River Lumber Company 158
Map of Pon Pon and Jacksonboro, South Carolina logging lines 159
Map of the Julius Fishburn Company at Pon Pon, 1892 160
Map of logging lines in Beaufort County 161
Map of Allendale, Hampton and Jasper counties 162
Map of H.L. Lawton Lumber Company's logging lines 175
Map of Argent Lumber Company's and William Ritter's logging lines 175
Map of Hamilton Ridge Lumber Company's and Hendrix Mill & Lumber Company's logging lines 176
Map of Carolina Western 178
Map of Big Salkehatchie Cypress Company tramway at Varnville, 1921 180
Map of Savannah River Lumber Company's Yemassee and Gilmania camps 181
Map of Barnwell and Aiken counties 182
Map of Kendall Lumber Company's logging lines 185
Map of Schofield Savannah Company's logging lines 185
Map of Pickens and Greenville counties 186
Map of Appalachian Lumber Company's logging lines 189
Map of Carolina Knoxville & Western's logging line 195
Map of logging counties chapter arrangementBack end pages
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION The untold story of the hundreds of shortlines and logging railroads that crisscrossed South Carolina 175 photographs Eighty-two illustrations
Within these pages lies the untold story of the independent and commercial loggers that crisscrossed the state and carved a niche into South Carolina's history.
South Carolina was much like other southeastern states at the time: low-lying estuarial lands bounded on the ocean by sea islands, and inland, by great-spreading swamp areas.
This topography hindered commercial trade. Merchants realized that a railroad network could link all centers of commerce, thereby increasing commercial trade. Loggers noticed the efficiency and economics of a railroad, too, and began building their own lines from the main line railroads deep into the forests and swamps.
The forests and swamps posed other problems. Swamps infested with malaria-carrying mosquitoes threatened the lives of not only the loggers, but their family and friends. In the swamps, railroad crews often had to battle ferocious alligators that spread their enormous bodies on the tracks. And, if the loggers and their families were unprepared for winter, it could prove fatal.
For the past 10 years, author Tom Fetters has unearthed a wealth of information on South Carolina's railroading and logging histories. Fourteen exciting chapters packed with several hundred unique photographs and illustrations retell the story of the loggers' labor and determination that built this land.
Relive a time when the forests and swamps bulged with the "green gold" waiting for only the determined and innovative to be contenders. Many took the challenge, and the story of the champions is found within these pages.
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