MsSC 89

MANLEY-MOORE LUMBER COMPANY, diary. 1 v.

Abstract: Manley-Moore Lumber Company was headquartered at Fairfax, WA.

History: Manley-Moore Lumber Company established operations in the vicinity of Fairfax, WA. The company had an extensive logging operation and a mill with the capacity to produce 150,000 board feet of sawn lumber per day. To move logs to the mill from the timber above the mill site, Manley-Moore built a mile-long incline railway with an average grade of 60 per cent. Operating on a counterweight principle, as loaded cars came down the incline, empty cars were being transported back up.

The operation was a typical “company town,” with a store, company-owned dwellings, an amusement hall, a dance hall, a hotel, and a doctor’s office.

Scope and content: The diary was kept by an unidentified engineer in the employ of Manley-Moore Lumber Company. There are daily entries detailing the construction of a logging railroad and incline from the mill in Fairfax to the company’s timber holdings.

The diarist discusses weather, constructions supplies, problems, injuries, activities at “Italian Camp,” details or railroad location and construction. Entries are brief, but concise.

Inclusive dates: 28 December 1922 – 26 January 1924

Restrictions: None

Volume: 1 v.

Accession number: 1994.70.234

Box Folder Contents

1 1 Diary, 28 December 1922 – 26 January 1924