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FHS5771th

Image ID:  FHS5771
Image Date:  [no date]
Image Title:  Locomotive and water tanks.
Image Caption:  Locomotive and three water tank cars for skidders. Moving day. Note the locomotive is a 2-6-0, no crossties are treated, most are S45 but some are S25, and 3 'canteen' cars are coupled, which indicate at least 3 skidders/loaders are in the bush, or going to it. Note the American on top of the locomotive tender.

[This image is from the Kenney P. Funderburke Papers, a collection including materials collected by and given to Kenney P. Funderburke related to forestry and lumbering in Tres Barras in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and operations of the Southern Brazil Lumber and Colonization Company, primarily during the early 20th century. Funderburke worked in Tres Barras from 1961-1966 as Manager of Forestry Activities for Westvaco.]

Photographer:  [unknown]
Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.