Early Logging Equipment FOUND IN THE WOODS Thread pics wanted

[Guido Salvage]

The area around Cass and Snowshoe WV has a ton of logging history, and I imagine there are a lot of relics out in the woods. Heck, what remains of the town of Cass is pretty much a relic! I would love to go exploring around there someday.

I first visited Cass around 1973. At that time the large building next to the river was still standing. When I went back about 5 years ago I found out that it was the victim of arson. A lot of rusty metal was left but that was about it. The woods on the downhill side of the tracks are littered with old pieces of metal and they have reconstructed an old logging operation at Whittaker Station.

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

 

[Oldtimer]

Hi.

I collect antique bottles. I focus on pre-1900 hand finished bottles, and more specifically, New Hampshire pharmacy / druggist / medicines.

This one you show here is from the mid-1960s, as the cap would have rotted away completely if it were older. Whiskey.

Copy from a bottle website:

Bottles marked "Federal Law Forbids…"
It is not uncommon to come across screw-top liquor bottles from the 20th century that are boldly embossed on their shoulders or bases with the above text. After Prohibition was repealed on December 5, 1933, US laws once again allowed the legal manufacture and sale of alcoholic drink. Liquor was legal but producing it was subject to greater Federal control.


With its cork top, you might think this bottle is older than it is. With its FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS embossing, we can date it from the 1930s to 1960s
One law required that alcoholic bottles must be embossed with the text, “FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE” This law went into effect in 1935 and was repealed on December 1, 1964.


A few pictures of what I collect..I have about 100 of them now....sorry, no pictures of old logging iron.

 

[7oaks]

Gary...

Great photos of the old steam locomotive. I'll have to put Cass on our list of places to visit and definitely schedule a trip on the train through that beautiful country side.

Oldtimer...

Thanks for the insight on the old bottle. I'm going to surmise it is old/dirty used motor oil that was left by a logger using an early chainsaw. Now if I can just find that chainsaw he left close to it

 

[Guido Salvage]

Carl,

You might inquire as to whether you could get on a train in the next couple of weeks to see the leaves at their peak. When I went back to VA three weeks ago they were starting to change in the mountains.

You could stay at Snowshoe or in one of the restored company houses in Cass. Another option would be to stay in the train car that they pull to the top of the mountain and leave overnight. Lots to see in the area, I would also take in the radio telescope observatory in Green Bank as well.

Gary

 

[Guido Salvage]

Not logging equipment, but I did pull these out of the woods. One of the guys in my wedding sold his 1100 acre farm about a dozen years ago after living there almost 40 years. In addition to farming, his father had also been a logger and operated a couple of sawmills. I grabbed these blowers as well as a number of sections of conveyor track that were still in the woods.

After realizing that I had no use for them, I threw them on my rollback with some other scrap and sent them overseas.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

A good subject, and type of treasure hunting. Guido salvage 73 eh? Good year man the one I was born LOL!

 

[s219]

Nice Jerr-Dan. I used to drive one in the early 90s to move modular buildings around (mainly guard shacks, but also some sheds), and of course the occasional vehicle. I got to the point where I could operate the controls with my eyes closed. That one had an Isuzu diesel chassis/cab, and the Jerr-Dan roll bed was all aluminum with red oak planking (beautiful welding and fab). I always thought a roll-back would be sweet to have in general.

 

[madhatte]

Ooh! Good thread. Just found a boatload of old hand-logging tools in our warehouse. Need to figure out how to photograph them so ID marks are visible. We're putting together a history of our outfit, and these will be centerpieces. Pics as soon as I can get them taken.

 

[7oaks]

Ooh! Good thread. Just found a boatload of old hand-logging tools in our warehouse. Need to figure out how to photograph them so ID marks are visible. We're putting together a history of our outfit, and these will be centerpieces. Pics as soon as I can get them taken.

Looking forward to seeing them. Bring um on!

 

[2dogs]

This arch sits a few miles from the ocean at the bottom of the Skyline to the Sea trail in Big Basin Stae Park. There is a tracked arch on some BLM land near here too.

 

[7oaks]

Man - that's one hefty arch!

 

[Guido Salvage]

Based on the rim style, the tread pattern and the fact the tire is still some holding air, that has not been there all that long.

 

[Eccentric]

That looks like an old aircraft landing gear wheel on that arch.

 

[Guido Salvage]

That looks like an old aircraft landing gear wheel on that arch.

I think this is an aircraft tire on this log arch as well.

 

[mayhem100]

My wife and I found whats left of this old Plymouth out in the woods, about 75 yards from the road. No idea what the story is behind it, but the bullet riddled trunk suggests it may be an interesting one.

Or some locals may have used it for their shootin' car.

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Dunno the trick to getting the pics to actually show in my post here.

 

[indiansprings]

If you want to get the cap off the bottle without damaging the bottle, turn it up side down and place in a container of water and let it set for a week or two before trying to screw it off. It usually works very well.

 

[Metals406]

Carl, it's my understanding, that glass bottles without a casting line up the neck were pre-1906. . . Bottles with casting lines up the neck are post-1906.

 

[rwoods]

That looks like an old aircraft landing gear wheel on that arch.

Agree. Ron

 

[Chris J.]

No, I don't have a photo.

There's a small nature center in a town about 50 miles from me, & in the field next to the center there is an abandoned pneumatic? hydraulic? brush cutter??. It looks as though it would be powered by compressed air. The bar/blade is about five feet long and has teeth on one side, looks like what you'd see on a hedge trimmer. It would cut fairly close to the ground, so I'm guessing it's some kind of industrial brush cutter. If I can get my friend to help me, I'm going to go snag it one of these days.

 

[DSS]

That looks like an old aircraft landing gear wheel on that arch.

Yes.



Hi Aaron.