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The Shaver Lake Railroad was a standard gauge logging railroad that operated in the Sierra Nevada of
The Shaver Lake Railroad traces its beginnings to October 31, 1891, when the Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company was incorporated to build of track from the lumber mill at Shaver to the forest timber.
In 1907,
Fresno County, California
Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-most populous city in Ca ...
. The line was abandoned in 1927.
History
The Shaver Lake Railroad traces its beginnings to October 31, 1891, when the Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company was incorporated to build of track from the lumber mill at Shaver to the forest timber.
In 1907, Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International, is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 15 million people with electricity across a service territory of ap ...
bought the holdings of the Fresno Flume & Irrigation Co. and named the railroad the Shaver Lake Railroad. Trackage was extended from a connection with the San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad at Dawn to Shaver. On September 8, 1908, SCE reincorporated the holdings under the name of Fresno Flume and Lumber Company
Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, makin ...
(also known as the Fresno Lumber and Irrigation Company).
In 1919 the Shaver Lake Railroad was sold to Shaver Lake Lumber Company and the track was extended six miles south of Shaver into the forest. The railroad was abandoned in 1927.
See also
*List of defunct California railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of California.
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Common freight carriers
Freight carrier information is current .
Other
* Mare Island Rail Service (MIRS)
* Oakland Global Rail Enterprise (OGRE)
** West Oakland Pacif ...
References
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaver Lake Railroad Defunct California railroads Logging railroads in the United States History of the Sierra Nevada (United States)