Track Section
- Object Name:
- Track Section
- Object ID:
- 1990.041.992
- Date:
- circa 1895
- Description:
- Rail plate. Iron. From Dry River logging railroad near Crawford Notch, NH. Square shape. One edge turned over, with stone embedded in bend. Two square holes for spikes. Cracked on one side, at hole.
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-1.25 W-6 D-6 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Dry River logging railroad, near Crawford Notch, NH, c. 1895. Found by the donor on September 5, 1961, near a Coos County and Carroll County boundary marker. The Dry Driver Railroad was operated from 1892 to 1905 by Benjamin C. Garland, from the interchange with the Maine Central Railroad (Carrigain Station) above Bemis (now Notchland), near Dry River Campground. It followed the Dry River for about four miles (now AMC Dry River Trail), crossing the river seven times on trestles.
The Dry River railroad was operated by Benjamin C. Garland from interchange with Maine Central RR above Bemis (now Notchland), 1892-1905. It followed Dry River for about 4 miles (now the AMC River Trail), crossing the river 7 times on trestles.
dry - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Glen M. Kidder
- People:
- Kidder, Glen M.
- Subjects:
- Railroads, Railroad tracks
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