The Logging railroad era of lumbering in Pennsylvania : a history of the lumber, chemical wood, and tanning companies which used railroads in Pennsylvania : [a collection of papers / by] Benjamin F.G. Kline, Jr., Walter Casler, Thomas T. Taber III.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kline, Benjamin F. G.

Casler, Walter.

Taber, Thomas T., III

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logging railroads--Pennsylvania--History.

Logging railroads.

Lumbering--Pennsylvania--History.

Lumbering.

Lumber--Transportation.

Lumber.

Railroads--Pennsylvania--History.

Railroads.

History.

Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

3 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Whining saws and squealing flanges.

Tanbark, alcohol, and lumber.

Place of Publication:

Muncy, Pa. : W.C. Casler, B.F.G. Kline, Jr., T.T. Taber III, [1970-1978] (Williamsport, Pa. : Lycoming Printers)

Contents:

[v.1] section 1. Pitch pine and prop timber

section 2. "Wild catting" on the mountain

section 3. Ghost lumber towns of central Pennsylvania

section 4. Sunset along Susquehanna waters

section 5. The Goodyears, an empire in the hemlocks

[v.2] section 6. Whining saws and squealing flanges

section 7. Sawmills among the derricks

section 8. Tionesta Valley

section 9. Teddy Collins empire

[v.3] section 10. Tanbark, alcohol, and lumber

section 11. Allegheny Valley logging railroads

section 12. Dinkies, dams and sawdust

section [13]. "Stemwinders" in the Laurel highlands

section [14]. Addenda

section [15]. Logging railroad era of lumbering in Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Title from spine and t.p. of v.1.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

OCLC:

13610740