On September 21, 1779

Crowell and Spencer Engine #400

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, PA, Construction #51175, January, 1919 Baldwin Class 10-32-D #1167, type 4-6-0.Delivered at Long Leaf, February, 1919, placed in service,...

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"Jitney"

The "Jitneys" replaced mules and manpower in moving lumber buggies around the mill yard. The 2 jitneys were built in the machine shop at Long Leaf from Chevrolet engines and scrap metal under the...

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Lumber Carts

Before the 1950's the planer mill, sawmill and warehouses were connected by a series of wooden tramways. These lumber carts were used to transport rough and unfinished lumber and molding between...

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Clyde Double Drum- Cable Outhaul Log Skidder

The machine In front of you is the last remaining example of what was known as a "Clyde Skidder". Developed by the Clyde Iron Works of Duluth MN, shortly after 1902 and modified several...

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lumber

The McGiﬀert Log Loader

The McGiffert Log Loader was a rail hauled, log loading machine invented in 1901 by John R. McGiffert. Several hundred of these machines were built for use in North America, alone. Today, only 5...

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Corliss Steam Engine

Circa 1935 Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This large stationary steam engine provided power to the planing mill next door. The double-spoke flywheel in 12 ft. in diameter and 4 ft. wide. It...

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Clyde Log Skidder

Clyde Log Skidder 1919 — Clyde Iron Works Duluth, Minnesota — Wood burning, steam powered, 4 line, re-haul skidder on wheels. A wire rope was run from its metal booms to the woods where...

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Red River and Gulf RR Locomotive #106

Red River and Gulf #106 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive works in September, 1923. It is a 4-6-0 type locomotive and is very similar to Crowell #400. Its builders number was 57203 and it...

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Salem Baptist Church

Organized September 11, 1854, by elders J.L. Simpson and George H. Washington. Oldest church in the old 8th Ward. Church was a public school in early 1900's. Destroyed by storms in...

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The “Roundhouse", The Machine Shop and the “Car Knockers Shed”

These buildings were at the heart of the Red River & Gulf RR, and the Crowell's lumbering operations. The engine house, which was known as the "roundhouse" despite its shape, was where...

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Bradbury Building

National Historic Landmark plaque for the beautiful Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles.

Holger Emil Clausen Memorial Plaque

Holger Emil Clausen*30-12-1887 +21-2-1945Died for DenmarkTortured to death byGESTAPO whose headquarter were in this building18-9-1943 5-5-1945

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This Steel Mast

On part of the overhead Gantry at the end of the erstwhile island platform, this reads: "This steel mast was the first of 35,000 to be erected as part of the scheme to electrify the East Coast...