Yosemite Lumber Company
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yosemite-lumber-company-231-2400093
title:
Yosemite Lumber Company
text:
The Yosemite Lumber Company was an early 20th century Sugar Pine and White Pine logging operation in the Sierra Nevada. The company built the steepest logging incline ever, a 3,100 feet (940 m) route that tied the high-country timber tracts in Yosemite National Park to the low-lying Yosemite Valley Railroad running alongside the Merced River. From there, the logs went by rail to the company’s sawmill at Merced Falls, about fifty-four miles west of El Portal. Two special acts of Congress allowed
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Defunct logging company in Yosemite National Park, California, US
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Lumber_Company
date created:
2022-10-08T22:40:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T21:14:51Z
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