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Elk River mill & lumber company has 8 mile railroad up Elk River

DT Data Page #: 
80
Newspaper: 
Daily Times Telephone
Newspaper Date: 
2/6/1886
Page #: 
3
Column: 
1
Item Type: 
Railroad
Place: 
Elk River Bucksport
TEXT: 
The Elk River Mill & Lumber company has a 8 mi railroad up Elk River from Bucksport. They propose to extent it 1/2 mile into the timber from their mill. They have a dam 19 feet high that backs up a pond 3/4 mile long. They have about 3MBS of logs with 1/4 mile of their pond. Sawing capacity = 40T BF/day of their mill.
Key Words: 
Elk River Mill & Lumber Company