BodieBenton Railroad Building Restoration Efforts Underway
The Bodie & Belton Railway ran between the now ghost towns of Mono Mills and Bodie, CA. Constructed in 1881, its primary traffic was gold and lumber, and was planned (and graded) to connect to Belton, CA, hence the name, although this never came to fruition. ( Right of way ) Image: David Mayer, Wikipedia Commons.
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1,307 views 1 fave 5 comments Uploaded on January 23, 2007 Taken on October 21, 2003 All rights reserved The last of the Bodie and Benton railroad rots away, Built in the 1880s to feed the need for wood. Wood needed to feed the boilers to pump out the mines and to shore up the diggings.
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After lingering for nearly 17 years as a tiny, insignificant mining camp, Bodie finally boomed. Like its once-booming predecessor Aurora, Bodie needed milled wood for construction, square beams for mineshafts, fuel for stamp mills, and cordwood for heating.
Bodie and Benton Road Crossing Photograph by David Bailey Fine Art
Bodie and Benton Railway. T he Bodie and Benton Railroad brought timber to the gold mining town of Bodie from 1881 through 1918 from the Mono Mills area South East of Mono Lake. Bodie is now a ghost town of course, but lots of vivid stories live on.
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Bodie Structures. Charlie Donnelly was a butcher who married English artist Annie Pagdin. Later this house was occupied by E. W. Billeb and his wife Dolly, daughter of James S. and Martha Cain. Mr. Billeb was the last superintendent and manager of the old Bodie and Benton Railroad (later the Mono Lake Railway & Lumber Company).
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The Bodie and Benton Railway operated for about thirty eights years, supplying the town of Bodie, California. The narrow gauge railroad travelled north, from the forests south of Lake Mead up to the townsite of Bodie. Bodie Railroad Station, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA.
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Tom Miller House. Tom Miller worked at Mono Mills for the Mono Lake Railway & Lumber Company (formerly known as the Bodie & Benton Railroad, and other names). Much of the Jeffrey pine lumber used in the construction of Bodie came from Mono Mills. Tom Miller worked at Mono Mills for the Mono Lake Railway & Lumber Company (formerly known as the.
The Massey Family On the road again Old Bodie Railroad Grade Mono
The Bodie & Benton Railway was a 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow gauge common carrier railroad in California, from the Mono Mills to a terminus in Bodie, now a ghost town, in Mono County. It was unusual among U.S. railroads in that it was completely isolated from the rest of the railroad system. [1] History Bodie termination Bodie and Benton Railway route
California State Route 120; US Route 6 west to US Route 395
Western Pacific Railroad: Bodie Railway and Lumber Company: 1893 1906 Mono Lake Railway and Lumber Company: Bodie Railway and Lumber Company: 1881 1882 Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company: Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company: 1882 1890 Bodie Railway and Lumber Company: Bucksport and Elk River Railroad: 1884 1932
Pioneers & Miners
Bodie and Benton Railroad State Route 167 Between US 395 and the Nevada Border Lee Vining Operated 1881-1918 Bodie and Benton Railroad Surveyed in March, 1881, and completed in December, 1881 with materials hauled from Hawthorne, Nevada, through Bodie to this roadbed, at a cost of one million dollars.
Bodie and Benton Railroad monument
The following year, the line was renamed the Bodie & Benton Railway and work began on an extension to Benton and a connection to the Carson & Colorado Railroad; only nine miles were ever graded and no rails laid, presumably to keep the Company's monopoly on lumber. Bodie also benefitted from other technological advances.
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He arrived in Bodie at the age of 25 and quickly made a name for himself in the lumber industry, transporting timber across Mono Lake. Cain eventually acquired the Bodie bank, leased the Mono Lake Railway & Lumber Company (formerly Bodie and Benton Railroad), became the town's primary property owner, and took over the Standard Mill.
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"The Bodie & Benton Railway was a 3 ft narrow gauge common carrier railroad in California, from the Mono Mills to a terminus in Bodie, now a ghost town, in Mono County. It was unusual among U.S. railroads in that it was completely isolated from the rest of the railroad system.." ( Wikipedia) Awards AWARDS for CONFLICT (No awards for conflict)
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Mining activity entered a boom in the Bodie area in the 1880s, the Bodie and Benton Railway was constructed in 1887 to meet the demand for timber by logging the forests South East of Mono Lake. The B&B's main line stretched from Bodie navigating steep grades and two switchbacks down to Mono Mills and the company sawmill.. The railroad served.
Bodie & Benton Railroad Lumber Operations
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