The Laurel Fork Railway of Carter County, Tennessee
Download or Read eBook The Laurel Fork Railway of Carter County, Tennessee PDF written by Doug McGuinn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Doug McGuinn |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 46 |
| Release | : 2016-03-28 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781329994652 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1329994655 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Laurel Fork Railway of Carter County, Tennessee by : Doug McGuinn
Book excerpt: Lewis D. Gasteiger, vice president of the new Pittsburgh Lumber Company in Carter County, Tennessee conspired with William Flinn, president of Booth & Flynn, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania construction firm to build a spur connection the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina railway. The ensuing railway connected Elizabethon to Laban, Tennessee and enabled unfinished lumber to the Southern Railway. The Laurel Fork Railroad was incorporated in April of 1910 and abandoned in 1925.
