Little River Railroad: Engine No. 110
Dublin Core
Title
Little River Railroad: Engine No. 110
Subject
Railroad trains
Shay locomotives
Steam locomotives -- Tennessee -- Blount County
Locomotives
Description
Railroads were key to large-scale logging operations. Lumber companies built narrow-gauge tracks to connect timber operations deep in the mountains to commercial railroad lines. Little River Lumber Company, established in 1901, used ten Shay locomotive engines to pull flatcars full of logs along the company railroad. Timber was hauled from deep within the Great Smoky Mountains to the company sawmill at Townsend. By the 1920s, 300,000 acres had been clear-cut.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Historic Photographs Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1938-04-13
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg;
photographs
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
23802
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/23802
Date Created
2015-07-01
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN 37738;
Spatial Coverage
Blount County (Tenn.)
Extent
3.5" x 5"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Little River Railroad: Engine No. 110,” OAI, accessed May 13, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/23802.