A narrow gauge railroad on Pisgah Forest

Dublin Core

Title

A narrow gauge railroad on Pisgah Forest

Subject

Asheville (N.C.)
Biltmore Forest (N.C.)
Biltmore Forest School
Cradle of Forestry in America (N.C.)
Equipment and supplies
Forestry and community
Forestry schools and education
Forests and forestry
Men
Narrow gauge railroads
North Carolina, Western
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946
Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)
Schenck, Carl Alwin, 1868-1955. Biltmore story
Timber
Trees
United States. Forest Service

Description

A narrow gauge railroad on Pisgah Forest, its wooden rail top-tripped with hickory, is used for conveying logs singly down-hill grade to the portable sawmill. The empty car is brought back by a steer.

Creator

Carl Alwin Schenck

Publisher

[Digital Publisher: D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville]
National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville, NC

Date

1895-1914

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jp2 ; black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in. ; no negative
photographs
portraits

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

1931
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/1931

Date Created

2011-12-01

Spatial Coverage

North Carolina

Is Part Of

Forestry in Western North Carolina

Citation

Carl Alwin Schenck, “A narrow gauge railroad on Pisgah Forest,” OAI, accessed May 7, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/1931.