Keystone Lumber & Improvement Co.

36" gauge, 35 and 56-lb rail

Mill Location: Wellman, MS ( Lincoln County)

Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day 

Years of Operation: 1887-1903

Miles Operated

Locomotives Owned: 4

Equipment:

 

 

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History by Gil Hoffman:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 

1      0-4-2T      Porter 414      2-1881      30      7x12      11000

              Purchased from Frank Davis, of Elizabeth, NJ, owner of Wesson & Money mills, on 3-29-1887.

Built as Wesson & Persons "Joe C. Kittrell," Bogue Chitto, MS (wood rail); to Wesson & Money, Bogue Chitto, MS, on 10-24-1883.

2      Rod      22000

Purchased secondhand. In service by 1889.

3      Rod       34000

Purchased secondhand. In service by 1889.

4      4-4-0      Brooks 339      11-1878      42      12x16      40000

Purchased secondhand, in 4-1891.

Built as Springfield, Jackson & Pomeroy #11, Waverly, OH.

Note: Engines No. 2 and No. 3 are not necessarily in correct order.

 

 

 

 

 

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