Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive No. 5

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Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive #5
Nahma MI Locomotive C.jpg
Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive #5 on display in 2010
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderBaldwin Company
Serial number38846
Build date1912
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-6-2
Career
DispositionStatic display
Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive #5
Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive No. 5 is located in Michigan
Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive No. 5
LocationMain St. at River St., Nahma Township, Michigan
Coordinates45°50′27″N 86°39′51″W / 45.84083°N 86.66417°W / 45.84083; -86.66417Coordinates: 45°50′27″N 86°39′51″W / 45.84083°N 86.66417°W / 45.84083; -86.66417
Area0.9 acres (0.36 ha)
Built1912
ArchitectBaldwin Locomotive Company
NRHP reference No.06001327[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 2007

The Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive #5 is a locomotive located at the corner of Main Street and River Street in Nahma Township, Michigan.

History[]

The town of Nahma was established in 1881 by the Bay De Noquet Lumber Company as the base for its upper Michigan lumbering operations.[2] The company began harvesting softwoods, but as the supply decreased, it was forced to turn to hardwood logging.[3] In 1901, the Bay De Noquet Lumber Company began construction of a railroad system, the Nahma and Northern, leading from Nahma into the surrounding forest and various lumber camps.[3] The railway eventually had 75 miles of track, The Nahma and Northern had seven locomotives, one caboose, and over 100 for hauling timber.[2][3]

The railroad was abandoned in 1948.[4] In 1951, the town of Nahma was sold to the American Playground Device Co. for development into a resort.[5] The planned resort, however, never got off the ground.[2]

Description[]

This locomotive is a 2-6-2 coal-burning locomotive, built by the Baldwin Company of Philadelphia in 1912.[6]

  • Boiler with numbered plaque

  • Opposite side

  • Front of locomotive

  • Rear view

References[]

  1. ^ "NRIS" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ^ a b c "The History of the Nahma Inn". The Nahma Inn. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Theodore J. Karamanski (1989), Deep woods frontier: a history of logging in northern Michigan, Wayne State University Press, p. 151, ISBN 0-8143-2049-X
  4. ^ "Railroad History Timeline, 1940-1949". Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
  5. ^ "Sold: One Town". Life Magazine. October 22, 1951. p. 51.
  6. ^ Diane B. Abbott, The Upper peninsula of Michigan: an inventory of historic engineering and industrial sites, Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, Historic American Engineering Record, p. 160

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