Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1983.001.083 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Lidgerwood skidder No. 3 |
Image File Name |
unk - VL&M Co. No. 3 - unk - 1983001083 - jpg72 - 001 |
Provenance |
The Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Company (VL&M) was incorporated in 1889 by J.A. Humbird, a US lumberman and protégé of Frederick Weyerhaeuser. He purchased 100,000 acres (400 sq km) from the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway for $5 an acre, and a small sawmill in Chemainus. In 1893 VL&M built a new mill, which burnt in 1923 and was subsequently rebuilt in 1925. VL&M went into voluntarily receivership in 1944 and was purchased by the HR MacMillan Export Co. in 1949. |
Search Terms |
Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Company VL&M No. 3 Lidgerwood skidder railway tracks |
Collection |
Heavy Equipment |
Subjects |
Yarding & Loading |