Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.072.003 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Comox Logging & Railway Company No. 16 2-8-2T at Ladysmith. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. The locomotive has Crown Zellerbach logo on its door, thus dating the photograph c. 1954. |
Image File Name |
1954 - CLR No. 16 - Ladysmith - 2021072003 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1954/ / |
Place |
Ladysmith |
Provenance |
The locomotive was originally built in 1929 with a construction number of 61159 and has 18'' by 24'' cylinders and 3'8'' driving wheels. It weighs 180,000 Ibs. It was originally designated as no. 101 and was owned by the Chas R McCormick Lumber Company that was based in Goldfield, Nevada. By 1945 the locomotive was owned by Comox Logging & Railway Company and worked on Vancouver Island before eventually being sold in the 1960s to the West Coast Railfan Association of Vancouver. In the early 2000's there were plans for the locomotive to be leased to the Kamloops Heritage Railway to be restored. This agreement fell through and No. 16 is now privately owned. In 1882, Anthony Zellerbach and his sons founded the Zellerbach Paper Company in San Francisco. The company invented folded paper towels, molded pulp egg cartons, and the window envelope. In 1928, the Zellerbach Paper Company merged with the Crown Willamette Paper Company to form publicly-traded Crown Zellerbach Corp. In 1947 it started producing coated paper for Time Life Magazine. In 1952, it was the second largest landholder in the American West after Weyerhaeuser. In the 1960s and 1970s, the corporation diversified and expanded its reach internationally. In 1985, Sir James Goldsmith gained control of the company and sold Crown Zellerbach with the majority of the pulp and paper business to the James River Corporation. |
Search Terms |
Comox Logging & Railway Company Locomotive No. 16 2-8-2T Baldwin Locomotive Works Ladysmith Crown Zellerbach |
Collection |
Locomotives |
Subjects |
Locomotives Documentary, Vancouver Island |