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Pacific Lumber Company incorporated the Humboldt Bay and Eel River Railroad on 17 November 1882 to transport lumber from the Scotia sawmill to Humboldt Bay for loading aboard ships. The railway was completed across the Scotia Bluffs to Alton, California on 20 August 1885 where connection was made with the Eel River and Eureka Railroad for the ...
As of 2025, the sawmill is owned by the Humboldt Sawmill Company. [13] The Town of Scotia LLC has pursued a General Plan Amendment/ Zone Reclassification and Final Map Subdivision application. Subdivision requires fulfillment of conditions of approval which include formation of a community services district or other public entity to manage ...
The sawmill was the first in Humboldt County to use a kiln for drying lumber. [5] The town was originally called North Fork, but was renamed Korbel in 1891 with the arrival of the post office. [2] The Korbel family sold their Mad River properties to the Northern Redwood Lumber Company in 1902. Rail passenger service ended in 1931. The sawmill ...
A sash and door factory was added to the mill complex by 1909, [2] and the company was reorganized as the Hammond Lumber Company in 1912. [3] Hammond Lumber Company built an emergency shipyard during World War I, and seven wooden steam-ships were built at Samoa between 1917 and 1919.[14] The 1921-22 Belcher Atlas of Humboldt County breaks down ...
The location was formerly a company town for sawmill workers of the Little River Redwood Company, organized in 1893 by owners in Ottawa and western New York. Company headquarters were in Tonawanda. The California sawmill commenced operations in 1908. [3] The post office opened in 1909 was named for property owner Conrad Bulwinkle.
Metropolitan is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located on McDairmid Prairie, on the north side of the Eel River floodplain three miles downstream of Scotia , [ 2 ] at an elevation of 72 feet (22 m).
The Trinidad extension reverted to Hammond Lumber Company control in 1933 and operated as logging branches of the Humboldt Northern Railway until 1948. [32] Pacific Lumber Company built 7 miles (11 km) of track in 1885 to connect their mill at Scotia with the Eel River and Eureka Railroad at Alton. Branch lines were subsequently built up the ...
Pacific Lumber Company built a railroad across the face of the cliffs between 1883 and 1885 to transport lumber to Eureka, California. This alignment was followed by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to avoid bridging the lower Eel River. The rail line maintained an elaborate series of benches, retaining walls, and trestles approximately 50 ...