Re: The 'New' Sumpter Books
| April 12, 2017 01:27AM |
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An interesting facet to the puzzle I picked up from this page (source of the sketch of the town of Curry a couple of posts up):
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This photo and description is quite detailed:
"This picture shows the Author standing on the No. 4 Heisler Steam Locomotive of the Stoddard Lumber Company, ca 1938. Some of the buildings of the town of Curry can be seen to the right of the engine. The building behind the car, with the ladder, was the bunkhouse. The dark building, to its right, was the store and post office. An automobile of the period can also be seen. At the bottom of the photo the railroad tracks are starting to separate, a switch allowed for the selection of which of these two paths the train would take. If the train bore to its left it would go south into the Log Deck Area. The Sumpter Valley Railroad main tracks can be seen at the left edge. These tracks continue west towards Sumpter. Photo is from the Author’s collection. Based on the shadows, in the picture, you are looking northeasterly."
I would also note that this picture appears to be taken in the early morning (later morning if summertime) with the long shadows going due East.
This description and picture indicate that the sketch is indeed correct for the 1938 time period. Now back to figuring out why the AFE is different. Also note that the river meanders quite a bit more in the 1952 aerial than is shown in the 1935 AFE...
This picture from the same site is interesting too:
It appears to be looking North. Note the Sumpter Stage road on the low hills, the SVRy mainline in the back, siding in the middle and the spur closest to the photographer. Interesting though that the spur appears to be leading away from the siding toward the right (East) rather than toward the siding, not sure what this means either... I'm thinking of contacting the author for his first hand view of the layout of the town and it's tracks.
Russell Courtenay
Idaho, USA
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/12/2017 01:35AM by UnknownIdaho.
[freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com]
This photo and description is quite detailed:
"This picture shows the Author standing on the No. 4 Heisler Steam Locomotive of the Stoddard Lumber Company, ca 1938. Some of the buildings of the town of Curry can be seen to the right of the engine. The building behind the car, with the ladder, was the bunkhouse. The dark building, to its right, was the store and post office. An automobile of the period can also be seen. At the bottom of the photo the railroad tracks are starting to separate, a switch allowed for the selection of which of these two paths the train would take. If the train bore to its left it would go south into the Log Deck Area. The Sumpter Valley Railroad main tracks can be seen at the left edge. These tracks continue west towards Sumpter. Photo is from the Author’s collection. Based on the shadows, in the picture, you are looking northeasterly."
I would also note that this picture appears to be taken in the early morning (later morning if summertime) with the long shadows going due East.
This description and picture indicate that the sketch is indeed correct for the 1938 time period. Now back to figuring out why the AFE is different. Also note that the river meanders quite a bit more in the 1952 aerial than is shown in the 1935 AFE...
This picture from the same site is interesting too:
It appears to be looking North. Note the Sumpter Stage road on the low hills, the SVRy mainline in the back, siding in the middle and the spur closest to the photographer. Interesting though that the spur appears to be leading away from the siding toward the right (East) rather than toward the siding, not sure what this means either... I'm thinking of contacting the author for his first hand view of the layout of the town and it's tracks.
Russell Courtenay
Idaho, USA
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/12/2017 01:35AM by UnknownIdaho.
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