Juliaetta Tramway, 1895 - Juliaetta, Idaho : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Juliaetta Tramway, 1895 - Juliaetta, Idaho / Shook Photos
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| 説明 | Date: Circa 1895Source Type: PhotographPublisher, Printer, Photographer: Jenkins FamilyPostmark: Not ApplicableCollection: Steven R. ShookRemark: The Juliaetta Tramway Company filed articles of incorporation in the State of Idaho on August 25, 1892, with a capital stock of $30,000.The Juliaetta Tramway was located on the south side of the Potlatch River about one-quarter mile upriver from the community of Juliaetta, Latah County, Idaho. Two warehouses were located at the ends of this tramway. Farmers living at the top of the Potlatch River Canyon would send their grain down this tramway so that it could be transported to distant markets by train. Goods, such as flour, sugar, and kerosene, would then be sent up the canyon on the tramway to supply farmers on the ridge top.Today [2025], a cellular tower stands atop of the hump visible on the upper right side of this photograph.------The following newspaper item appeared in the October 18, 1894, issue of the Idaho Daily Statesman:"JULIAETTA, Oct. 12. -- Juliaetta is the terminus of the Palouse branch of the Northern Pacific railway. It is one and a half miles from the northern boundary of the Nez Perce Indian reservation and only ten miles from the agency. It is near the center of the Big Potlatch country which is probably the best known wheat country in the northwest. Juliaetta has a population of about 400. It has the only water power flouring mill in Latah county; also the only steam tramway, handling this season nearly 300,000 bushels. This tramway runs from the Northern Pacific tracks near Juliaetta up to the top of the Big Potlatch ridge, a distance of about 2800 feet. At top of the ridge a wheat station is located, also a power house and hoisting station. All of the wheat for miles is tributary to this station."------The following information concerning the Juliaetta Tramway was published in A Centennial History of the Kendrick-Juliaetta Area, in 1990 (pp. 28-29):"To properly care for the grain which was being grown n the table lands surrounding the town and to secure quick and easy transportation, the grain dealers Lawrence and Porter built the Juliaetta Tramway in the early 1890's for $25,000. It consisted of a track on which sled-like cars operated for transporting sacked grain from Potlatch Ridge to the railway and was powered by a steam engine. The very first local telephone was used at the tramway warehouses in 1894 for communication between the top and bottom of the ridge.Originally, the tramway was a business dream of [John P.] Vollmer who earlier helped with getting the railroad to Juliaetta. He envisioned a rail line between Juliaetta and Southwick so the tramway was built to haul railroad construction supplies up the hill. But the scheme was dropped. Instead the tramway ended up carrying crops downhill to be freighted out of town on the Northern Pacific. When it closed in 1917, the last load the tramway hauled was a tall tree made into a flagpole for the town."Sources:Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Ada County, Idaho; August 26, 1892; Volume 29, Page 8, Column 2. Column titled "Local Brevities."Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Ada County, Idaho; October 18, 1894; Volume 31, Page 3, Column 2. Column titled "Town of Juliaetta."Kendrick-Juliaetta Centennial Committee. 1990. A Centennial History of the Kendrick-Juliaetta Area. Kendrick, Idaho: Kendrick-Juliaetta Centennial Committee. 246 p.Copyright 2025. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook. |
| 撮影日 | 2025-04-28 00:46:54 |
| 撮影者 | Shook Photos , Moscow, Idaho, USA |
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