Henry Lienhard
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36" gauge, -lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Handsboro, MS (Harrison County) Mill Capacity: 40,000 ft/day in 1906 Years of Operation (RR): 1884-1906 Miles Operated: 20 miles in 1906 Locomotives Owned: 3 |
Also see: Handsboro Lumber Co.
Equipment: 11 log cars in 1906 |
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History by Gil Hoffman: About
1858 Henry Lienhard, a Swiss immigrant, entered the lumber business along
the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In 1867 he built a mule and oxen-powered wood
rail tram road, probably the first in the state. Later, after his mill
business grew, a pole road was constructed and a steam locomotive weighing
five to ten tons purchased. In 1884 he built a 36-inch gauge tramroad with
steel rails. On
August 30, 1906, Mrs. Henrietta Lienhard and Henrietta Lienhard Harry (the
widow and daughter of Henry Lienhard) sold the sawmill plant and timber to
the L. N. Dantzler Lumber Company, of Moss Point, Jackson County, who
operated the property under the name “Handsboro Lumber Company.”
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Lienhard's 0-6-0T #1 was a squat, chunky little engine! |
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
1st
1 0-4-2T
Porter 656
10-1884
28
7x12
10000 Purchased
new. Named “Lamar” Gone
by
1904. 2nd
1 0-6-0T
Baldwin
4205
12-1877
33
10x14
Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #236, Atlanta, GA, on 1-21-1904.
Cost $2,500. Built
as Milton & Sutherland Narrow Gauge R.R. “Little Jannie”, Milton,
NC.; to Richmond & Danville #74, in 1882; to Bryant & Brother,
Stony Creek, VA; to Newell & Bryant, Stony Creek, VA; to Southern Iron
& Equipment Co. #236. Sold
to Handsboro Lumber Co., Handsboro, MS, on 8-30-1906. Baldwin
class
6-14 D 7 2
0-6-2T
Porter
1535
3-1894
6x14
Purchased
new for Cedar Lake Logging Co. Sold
to Handsboro Lumber Co., Handsboro, MS, on 8-30-1906.
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