Items tagged: engine
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1872 Seaboard first engine to arrive in Shelby | 1872 marked the arrival of the first railroad and this was the first engine. They were wood burners that started Shelby's growth. Farmers were hired to haul wood to platforms along the tracks where crewmen would transfer the wood to the engines tender.
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1872 | Town: Shelby, Highlight: Firsts, Little-Known Facts, railroad, engine |
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Cleveland County Tidbits: Compiled from Mamie Jones' Articles | Over 100 historical tidbits compiled by Larry Simpson from Mamie Jones' 'In Cleveland County's Early Days' column in the Shelby Daily Star (1947-1955). Each piece captures a specific moment, person, or event from Cleveland County's early history, based on interviews with eyewitnesses who lived through that era
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Town: Shelby, Highlight: Tidbits, Document, Mamie Jones, Early Days, stories, history | |
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Sanborn Maps For Shelby | Sanborn Maps for Shelby North Carolina from 1885 to 1921
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Town: Shelby, Document: Maps, Sanborn, | |
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1872 Seaboard first engine to arrive in Shelby | 1872 marked the arrival of the first railroad and this was the first engine. They were wood burners that started Shelby's growth. Farmers were hired to haul wood to platforms along the tracks where crewmen would transfer the wood to the engines tender.
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1872 | Town: Shelby, Highlight: Firsts, Little-Known Facts, railroad, engine |
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Sanborn Maps For Shelby | Sanborn Maps for Shelby North Carolina from 1885 to 1921
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Town: Shelby, Document: Maps, Sanborn, | |
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The Dummy Railroad | Pictures and history of the Dummy Railroad that ran from Cleveland Mils to Shelby North Carolina.
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1905 | Town: Lawndale, Business, Dummy, Schenck, Cleveland Mills, Lawndale |
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The Dummy Railroad | Pictures and history of the Dummy Railroad that ran from Cleveland Mils to Shelby North Carolina.
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1905 | Town: Lawndale, Business, Dummy, Schenck, Cleveland Mills, Lawndale |
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Cleveland County Tidbits: Compiled from Mamie Jones' Articles | Over 100 historical tidbits compiled by Larry Simpson from Mamie Jones' 'In Cleveland County's Early Days' column in the Shelby Daily Star (1947-1955). Each piece captures a specific moment, person, or event from Cleveland County's early history, based on interviews with eyewitnesses who lived through that era
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Town: Shelby, Highlight: Tidbits, Document, Mamie Jones, Early Days, stories, history | |
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Sanborn Maps For Shelby | Sanborn Maps for Shelby North Carolina from 1885 to 1921
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Town: Shelby, Document: Maps, Sanborn, | |
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1872 Seaboard first engine to arrive in Shelby | 1872 marked the arrival of the first railroad and this was the first engine. They were wood burners that started Shelby's growth. Farmers were hired to haul wood to platforms along the tracks where crewmen would transfer the wood to the engines tender.
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1872 | Town: Shelby, Highlight: Firsts, Little-Known Facts, railroad, engine |
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Sanborn Maps For Shelby | Sanborn Maps for Shelby North Carolina from 1885 to 1921
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Town: Shelby, Document: Maps, Sanborn, | |
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Cleveland County Tidbits: Compiled from Mamie Jones' Articles | Over 100 historical tidbits compiled by Larry Simpson from Mamie Jones' 'In Cleveland County's Early Days' column in the Shelby Daily Star (1947-1955). Each piece captures a specific moment, person, or event from Cleveland County's early history, based on interviews with eyewitnesses who lived through that era
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Town: Shelby, Highlight: Tidbits, Document, Mamie Jones, Early Days, stories, history | |
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The Dummy Railroad | Pictures and history of the Dummy Railroad that ran from Cleveland Mils to Shelby North Carolina.
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1905 | Town: Lawndale, Business, Dummy, Schenck, Cleveland Mills, Lawndale |