Klamath Heritage: Weyerhaeuser Mill

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Klamath Heritage: Weyerhaeuser Mill

Klamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for Nov. 4, 2018, shows the Weyerhaeuser Company mill near Klamath Falls not long after it opened in 1929. With four headrigs (large saws for cutting old-growth timber), the plant was described as the largest yellow pine sawmill in the western United States.

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Klamath Heritage: Spencer Creek Trestle

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Klamath Heritage: Spencer Creek Trestle

Several large railroad trestles once stood at various locations around Klamath County. Our Photo of the Week for Sept. 30, 2018, shows the trestle that spanned Spencer Creek on Weyerhaeuser Company’s “west side” mainline railroad, also known as the 100 line.

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