Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.013.037 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Joe Kerrone operating a Caterpillar Diesel Seventy-Five tractor, Hillcrest Lumber Company. Another man observes in the background. This type of tractor was manufactured from 1933 - 1935. |
Image File Name |
1934-43 - Hillcrest Caterpillar Tractor - Sahtlam - 2020013037 - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1934 |
Year Range to |
1943 |
Date (y/m/d) |
/ / |
Place |
Sahtlam? |
Provenance |
In 1917, Carlton Stone built a sawmill in Sahtlam, BC, five miles west of Duncan, BC on Vancouver Island. It was destined to become the largest independently owned family sawmill in British Columbia, employing some 300 employees in the sawmill / planer mill complex and another 50 in the logging division. The company operated in Sahtlam from 1917 to 1943 and when the timber was depleted, Stone moved the whole operation lock, stock and barrel by rail to Mesachie Lake, BC, 19 miles west of Duncan, BC past the town of Lake Cowichan (From: The Last Whistle - Hillcrest Lumber Company LTD by Cecil Ashley). Photograph is part of an album donated by Norman Stone, who was one of the Carlton's sons. |
Photographer |
Gold, Wilmer |
Search Terms |
Caterpillar Diesel Seventy Five Logging People Hillcrest Lumber Company Sahtlam Tractor Trailer Log Mover |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
People |
Kerrone, Joe Stone Gold |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Yarding & Loading Heavy Equipment Hauling |