Eureka Mill #1 "Eureka"
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History
Built by H.K Porter in 1882 for the Nevada Mill Company for use on the Eureka Mill Railroad in Nevada.
Specifications
Service
Eureka Mill Railroad
Butt Lake Construction
Around 1906 the locomotive was sold to a contractor building the Butt Lake dam near Chester, California. To reach the construction site the locomotive was hauled into a steep canyon. When the dam was completed, removing the locomotive was not cost effective and the company left it in place as the reservoir filled and forgotten. In the 1990s the reservoir was drained and the "Eureka" was rediscovered still sitting on track where it was left nearly 100 years prior. It was retrieved, cleaned up and placed on display at the city park in Chester, where it remains on display.