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The Scotia Mill and log pond. Pacific Lumber (or PL, as locals have known it for generations) began during the heat of the US Civil War in 1863 when A. W. McPherson and Henry Wetherbee purchased 6,000 acres (24 km 2) of timberland on California's Eel River at the rate of $1.25 per acre.
Oceanside: Rialto: Coast Highway ... Southern Pacific Company: Southern California Railway: ATSF: 1889 1906 ... Michigan–California Lumber Company; Minors Railroad;
ex-Jordan River Lumber Company #7 then Horseshoe Lumber Company #7 purchased 1922 sold Shaw Bertram Lumber Company 1924 300 Cooke Locomotive Works: 2-6-0: 1901 2624 ex-Southern Pacific Railroad #2140>#1714 leased 1929 retired 1934 301 Cooke Locomotive Works 2-6-0: 1901 2626 ex-Southern Pacific Railroad #2142>#1716 leased 1929 retired 1934 351
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 ...
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 ...
Scotia, formerly known as Forestville until 1888, is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. [5] [6] [2] It is located on the Eel River along U.S. Route 101, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) southeast of Fortuna and 244 miles (393 km) north of San Francisco. [5]
The lawsuit against Roseburg Forest Products is the third filed against the owner of the Weed lumber mill. California lumber mill was ‘a ticking time bomb’ before deadly wildfire began ...
Fortuna is located 7 miles (11 km) from the Pacific coast on the bank of the Eel River. The community is affected by coastal weather patterns with the Pacific Ocean to the west. Fortuna is served by U.S. Route 101 providing direct access to San Francisco 253 miles (407 km) to the south, and to Eureka (the county seat) 14 miles (23 km) to the north