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Southern Pacific Flume No. 2, Cartwright Creek, Marcola, OR c1907
Southern Pacific Flume No 2 on Cartwright Creek, 1907-1915.
In late 1906 and early 1907, the Southern Pacific Railroad built three mills and one lumber camp in the Mohawk valley to cut railroad ties and bridge timbers. SP Mill 1 was north of Marcola and was connected to the Wendling Branch railroad line at Hyland station via short spur. SP Mills 2 and 3 though had no such easy connection to the railroad.
These two mills cut railroad ties and floated them to a loading dock in Marcola via flumes. Here we see the start of the flume on Cartwright Creek from Mill 2. You can see railroad ties stacked and ready to be placed in the flume. The pile of smaller wood is a stack of slats used as spacer when stacking the ties.
The loading dock was along the tracks just north of the old Marcola grade school.
Southern Pacific Flume No. 2, Cartwright Creek, Marcola, OR c1907
Southern Pacific Flume No 2 on Cartwright Creek, 1907-1915.
In late 1906 and early 1907, the Southern Pacific Railroad built three mills and one lumber camp in the Mohawk valley to cut railroad ties and bridge timbers. SP Mill 1 was north of Marcola and was connected to the Wendling Branch railroad line at Hyland station via short spur. SP Mills 2 and 3 though had no such easy connection to the railroad.
These two mills cut railroad ties and floated them to a loading dock in Marcola via flumes. Here we see the start of the flume on Cartwright Creek from Mill 2. You can see railroad ties stacked and ready to be placed in the flume. The pile of smaller wood is a stack of slats used as spacer when stacking the ties.
The loading dock was along the tracks just north of the old Marcola grade school.