Jasper County · Marker 27-09

Narrow Gauge Locomotive No. 7

in park at the intersection of Main & Charles Sts., Hardeeville

Front inscription

This woodburning steam locomotive with balloon smoke stack, was built by the H. K. Porter Company about 1910. It was used by Argent Lumber Company, a leading area employer established in 1916, to haul timber from forest to mill. In 1960 the locomotive was donated to the Town of Hardeeville for public display as a logging and lumbering relic of this area

County
Jasper
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Hardeeville
Year approved
1991
Erected by
Town of Hardeeville
Coordinates
32.285667, -81.079317

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