Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Logging Railroads
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Description area
Dates of existence
circa 1900-
History
A mode of railway transport which is used for forestry tasks, primarily the transportation of felled logs to sawmills or railway stations. In most cases this form of transport utilized narrow gauges, were temporary in nature, and in rough and sometimes difficult to access terrain. They became widespread by 1900.
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Control area
Authority record identifier
PNRA_85078104
Maintained by
Institution identifier
WaBuPNRA
Rules and/or conventions used
At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, this corporate name authority record has been created to facilitate searching the collection. The identifier is adopted from the Library of Congress subject heading.
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial