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Description
Log bunk built for the Somerset Railroad in 1906. These bunks were "turned out by the hundreds for hauling logs from Maine's timbering operations to the sawmills. One bunk was chained under each end of a load of long logs and coupled together with reach poles... The Sandy River Railroad in Phillips, Maine, used to haul logs at night...and passengers during the daytime." - Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982. Charlest, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 42.
About This Item
- Title: Log bunk for Somerset Railroad, 1906
- Creation Date: 1906
- Subject Date: 1906
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 17 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 29/4 -4
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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- Log bunks
- Lumber industy--Maine
- Manufacturing industries--Maine--Portland
- Metalworking industries--Maine--Portland
- Paper industry
- Paper making industry
- Portland Company--Manufactures
- Railroad equipment industry--Maine--Portland
- Somerset Railroad
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