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This image depicts two horses harnessed to a carriage meant to transport passengers. A driver is seated in the carriage and holding the reins.

This image depicts Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck (hatless, center) performing a demonstration for the attendees of the Biltmore Forest Festival. The Festival was held on the Biltmore Estate in 1908 and hosted by Dr. Schenck, who invited foresters, industry…

Two Biltmore Forest School students on an excursion to the Murphy Branch of the Western Carolina Railroad use a steam-powered log loader.

This image taken on an excursion to the Murphy Branch of the Western Carolina Railroad shows a log loader with the beam anchored to the floor of the cab.

This photograph of part of a log loader was taken on a Biltmore Forest School excursion to the Murphy Branch of the Western Carolina Railroad.

This photograph of part of a log loader was taken on a Biltmore Forest School excursion to the Murphy Branch of the Western Carolina Railroad.

This photograph of secured logs loaded on a flat railcar with a Biltmore Forest student in the foreground was taken at the Murphy Branch of the Western Carolina Railroad.

This photograph of Biltmore Forest School students on a Climax locomotive hauling railcars loaded with logs was taken on an excursion to the Murphy Branch of the Western Carolina Railroad. Woody debris from logging such as logs, stumps and branches,…

This photograph of Biltmore Forest School students on a Climax locomotive hauling railcars loaded with logs was taken on an excursion to the Murphy Branch of the Western Carolina Railroad. Woody debris from logging such as logs, stumps and branches,…

A Biltmore Forest School student examines a logging flume on an excursion to the Murphy Branch of the Western Carolina Railroad.