Donkey engine and crew, Saginaw Timber Company, possibly in Grays Harbor County, n.d

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unidentified
Description
The Saginaw Timber Company incorporated on March 18, 1908 and organized in 1909. The company was to be capitalized at $100,000. The organizers were A J Morley and W G Hopkins. The company constructed and operated a 40 mile logging railroad in the Aberdeen area. In 1919, the company merged the E H Lester Logging Company, a two mile logging railroad in the Montesano area. In 1933, the company merged the Gray's Harbor and Pacific Railroad Company, a 9.25 mile railroad in the Aberdeen area. The company also merged the Saginaw Southern Railway Company. By 1934 the company was known as the Saginaw Logging Company and operated in the Brooklyn area. In 1947, the company acquired the Bridges to Vesta track from the Gray's Harbor and Puget Sound Railway Company. In 1946, the company was reorganized as the Saginaw Lumber Company. On February 14, 1947 the company was dissolved.
Creator
Kinsey, Clark
Partner
University of Washington
Contributing Institution
University of Washington
Subjects
Steam donkeys--Washington (State); Loggers; Fuelwood--Washington (State); Lumber industry--Washington (State); Saginaw Timber Company (Brooklyn, Wash.)--People--Washington (State); Saginaw Timber Company (Brooklyn, Wash.)--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State); Group portraits
Location
United States--Washington (State)
Type
image
Format
Photograph
image
11 x 14 in.
Silver gelatin, b/w
Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL or 9800XL at 100 ppi in grayscale. Resized using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 or 8.0 so that the long dimension was either 768 pixels horizontal or 600 pixels vertical, then saved in JPEG format at quality rating 3. 2004
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http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/clarkkinsey/id/1414
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Chicago citation style
Kinsey, Clark. Donkey engine and crew, Saginaw Timber Company, possibly in Grays Harbor County, n.d. unidentified. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/clarkkinsey/id/1414. (Accessed August 19, 2018.)
APA citation style
Kinsey, Clark, (unidentified) Donkey engine and crew, Saginaw Timber Company, possibly in Grays Harbor County, n.d. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/clarkkinsey/id/1414
MLA citation style
Kinsey, Clark. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/clarkkinsey/id/1414>.
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