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Equipment Typical of Early Texas Logging

Lufkin, Angelina County

Marker Text

One of last ox-drawn or mule-drawn carts skidding logs to railroad from the forests. Built 1950 for W. T. Carter & Brother, a lumber firm, and replaced 1951 by tractor-powered equipment, this slip-tongue, high wheel cart is a relic of early logging methods. (1972)

Marker Details

Address 1905 Atkinson Dr.
Location Description Texas Forestry Museum
Marker # 6991
Dedicated 1972
Size, Type 14" x 24"
Code lumber topics
Latitude, Longitude 31.35176, -94.70462

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