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==Industrial Railroads.== | ==Industrial Railroads.== | ||
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[[El Dorado Lime & Mineral Company| | <span class="rltitle">[[Bully Hill Railroad|Bully Hill Railroad.]]</span><br /> | ||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' Operated a large underground limestone mine near Shingle Springs at a place called “Sprecklesville”. Initially constructed a 1.9 mile long narrow gauge system to connect the mine with the Central Pacific's Placerville branch at Limestone (MP 133.5). This lasted until 1918 when kilns were relocated to Bullard (MP 131.7) in late 1918. The operation converted to standard gauge around 1925 operated until the late 1970s. | '''[[:Category:30in Gauge Railroads|30in Gauge]],''' <br /> | ||
<span class="rlbottom">Shasta County.</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Butt Lake Dam|Butt Lake Dam.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:30in Gauge Railroads|30in Gauge]], Later [[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Butt Lake near Chester, Plumas County. 1906 - 1930</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Cowell Portland Cement Company|Cowell Portland Cement Company.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:42in Gauge Railroads|42in Gauge]].''' In 1907 the Cowell Portland Cement Company established a portland cement manufacturing coomplex, including employee housing at Cowell (currently Concord). An approximately 3 mile narrow gauge railroad brought limestone from the quarries, 250 feet above the mill, to the rock crushers via a chute. The company owned standard gauge Bay Point & Clayton railroad brought the stone from the crushers to the mill.<br /><br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Cowell (Concord), Contra Costa County. 1907 - 1947</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Crown-Willamette Paper Company|Crown-Willamette Paper Company.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:24in Gauge Railroads|24in Gauge]].''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Floriston, Nevada County. 1906 - 1930</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[El Dorado Lime & Mineral Company|El Dorado Lime & Mineral Company.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' Operated a large underground limestone mine near Shingle Springs at a place called “Sprecklesville”. Initially constructed a 1.9 mile long narrow gauge system to connect the mine with the Central Pacific's Placerville branch at Limestone (MP 133.5). This lasted until 1918 when kilns were relocated to Bullard (MP 131.7) in late 1918. The operation converted to standard gauge around 1925 operated until the late 1970s.<br /><br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Limestone to Sprecklesville, El Dorado County. 1916 - 1925(NG)</span> | <span class="rlbottom">Limestone to Sprecklesville, El Dorado County. 1916 - 1925(NG)</span> | ||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Italian Vineyard Company|Italian Vineyard Company.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:30in Gauge Railroads|30in Gauge]].''' The Italian Vineyard Company was once the largest single vineyard in the world. To move grapes around the expansive property a railroad was constructed. Track of temporary and permanent nature was constructed upward of 22 miles total. Trucks began to replace the railroad in the 1920s and the railroad was removed by 1940. | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Guasti (Cucamonga), San Bernadino County. 1908 - ca.1940</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">Leslie Salt - Newark</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:24in Gauge Railroads|24in Gauge]],''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Alameda County, CA. 1928 to Approx 2010</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">Leslie Salt - Redwood City</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:30in Gauge Railroads|30in Gauge]],''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">San Mateo County, CA. xxxx-2006</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Natomas Consolidated Company|Natomas Consolidated Company.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' Formed through the consolidation of several dredging companies that engaged in mining and reclamation on the Sacramento and American Rivers. The company operated rock crushing facilities at Natoma, Fair Oaks and Oroville. Processed rock was graded and sold as architectural cobble and crushed gravel for highway paving projects throughout the central valley. | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Natomas and Fair Oaks, Sacramento County. Oroville, Butte County. 1909 – 1962.</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">Oliver Salt Company</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:24in Gauge Railroads|24in Gauge]],''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Alameda County, CA. xxxx- approx. 1927</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">Oliver Brothers Salt Company</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:24in Gauge Railroads|24in Gauge]],''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Alameda County, CA. 1932-1982</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Santa Cruz Portland Cement|Santa Cruz Portland Cement.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]],.''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Davenport, Santa Cruz County.</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[State Harbor Belt Railroad|State Harbor Belt Railroad.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:Dual Gauge Railroads|Dual Gauge]],.''' While not fully a narrow gauge, the State Harbor Commission constructed and operated an expansive dual gauge system along the harbor in San Francisco. The railroad served the Atcheson Topeka & Santa Fe, Central/Southern Pacifc, North Pacific Coast and South Pacific Coast Railroads switching incoming freight cars from the ferries to industries and yards along the waterfront. <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">San Francisco, San Francisco County. 1890 - 1915</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Standard Oil Company|Standard Oil Company.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:42in Gauge Railroads|42in Gauge]],.''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Richmond. </span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Sterling Borax Company|Sterling Borax Company.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]],.''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Lang, Los Angeles County. 1907 - 1911</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Union Construction Company|Union Construction Company.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' <br /> | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Strawberry Dam, Tuolumne County. 1907 - 1911</span> | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:49, 21 May 2023
Industrial Railroads.
Bully Hill Railroad.
30in Gauge,
Shasta County.
Butt Lake Dam.
30in Gauge, Later 36in Gauge.
Butt Lake near Chester, Plumas County. 1906 - 1930
Cowell Portland Cement Company.
42in Gauge. In 1907 the Cowell Portland Cement Company established a portland cement manufacturing coomplex, including employee housing at Cowell (currently Concord). An approximately 3 mile narrow gauge railroad brought limestone from the quarries, 250 feet above the mill, to the rock crushers via a chute. The company owned standard gauge Bay Point & Clayton railroad brought the stone from the crushers to the mill.
Cowell (Concord), Contra Costa County. 1907 - 1947
Crown-Willamette Paper Company.
24in Gauge.
Floriston, Nevada County. 1906 - 1930
El Dorado Lime & Mineral Company.
36in Gauge. Operated a large underground limestone mine near Shingle Springs at a place called “Sprecklesville”. Initially constructed a 1.9 mile long narrow gauge system to connect the mine with the Central Pacific's Placerville branch at Limestone (MP 133.5). This lasted until 1918 when kilns were relocated to Bullard (MP 131.7) in late 1918. The operation converted to standard gauge around 1925 operated until the late 1970s.
Limestone to Sprecklesville, El Dorado County. 1916 - 1925(NG)
Italian Vineyard Company.
30in Gauge. The Italian Vineyard Company was once the largest single vineyard in the world. To move grapes around the expansive property a railroad was constructed. Track of temporary and permanent nature was constructed upward of 22 miles total. Trucks began to replace the railroad in the 1920s and the railroad was removed by 1940.
Guasti (Cucamonga), San Bernadino County. 1908 - ca.1940
Leslie Salt - Newark
24in Gauge,
Alameda County, CA. 1928 to Approx 2010
Leslie Salt - Redwood City
30in Gauge,
San Mateo County, CA. xxxx-2006
Natomas Consolidated Company.
36in Gauge. Formed through the consolidation of several dredging companies that engaged in mining and reclamation on the Sacramento and American Rivers. The company operated rock crushing facilities at Natoma, Fair Oaks and Oroville. Processed rock was graded and sold as architectural cobble and crushed gravel for highway paving projects throughout the central valley.
Natomas and Fair Oaks, Sacramento County. Oroville, Butte County. 1909 – 1962.
Oliver Salt Company
24in Gauge,
Alameda County, CA. xxxx- approx. 1927
Oliver Brothers Salt Company
24in Gauge,
Alameda County, CA. 1932-1982
Santa Cruz Portland Cement.
36in Gauge,.
Davenport, Santa Cruz County.
State Harbor Belt Railroad.
Dual Gauge,. While not fully a narrow gauge, the State Harbor Commission constructed and operated an expansive dual gauge system along the harbor in San Francisco. The railroad served the Atcheson Topeka & Santa Fe, Central/Southern Pacifc, North Pacific Coast and South Pacific Coast Railroads switching incoming freight cars from the ferries to industries and yards along the waterfront.
San Francisco, San Francisco County. 1890 - 1915
Standard Oil Company.
42in Gauge,.
Richmond.
Sterling Borax Company.
36in Gauge,.
Lang, Los Angeles County. 1907 - 1911
Union Construction Company.
36in Gauge.
Strawberry Dam, Tuolumne County. 1907 - 1911